I sat in my beach chair watching as two young girls were building a large kingdom in the sand. They worked together moving buckets of sand and placing them just right to erect a glorious structure. Once they were finished, the two architects stood back and smiled at their masterpiece. But the glory did not last….
I haven’t had any words for a while to share. I had to ask God to help revive me from the dead. My weary heart is just plain tired of all the heavy stuff that never seems to get any better. I fall on my knees and cry out to God with tears running down…
I looked at the to-do list in front of me and one item jumped off the page and gave me the jitters. I’d signed up for a short-term missions trip to Cuzco, Peru, and I was sitting at my first team meeting with a group of total strangers. As my team leader read through the…
Hello, August! Is it just me, or is 2017 flying by? I feel like summer just started yesterday, and it’s actually already half over. This year feels like it’s slipping through my fingers super fast. Can you relate? On August 1st, I turned the page to the new calendar month fresh with promise and decided…
My friend Michelle has the heart of a missionary. Sure, she’s been on short-term mission trips to Haiti, and she even used her nursing skills on the field by serving with Mercy Ships for a year overseas. But, Michelle also shares her redemption story everywhere she goes if someone will listen. Recently, she broke…
His bold shirt immediately caught my attention. He was patiently waiting in the long Customs line at the port. We’d both just returned home from vacation. The crowded room was packed with travelers from all over the world, but this one man stood out. He kind of looked like an elderly Norwegian weight lifter….