Desperate need welcomes big-hearted, beneficial solutions, right? Well, not always. Guatemala is a gorgeous, mountainous country nestled just below Mexico. Sprinkled throughout those high...
Desperate need welcomes big-hearted, beneficial solutions, right? Well, not always. Guatemala is a gorgeous, mountainous country nestled just below Mexico. Sprinkled throughout those high...
The third Sunday in Lent, March 15th, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made it into my sermon. Referring to the Samaritan woman in John 4, I noted, “Sinners with a capital ‘s’ are not embezzlers or...
“Where are you going?” Rob Kenney’s brother asked him, standing in the kitchen of their 1970s home in Bellevue, Washington. Barely a teenager at 14, Rob had no idea where one goes when a father...
Every year, in the depths of winter, I make myself the same promise. “This year, I’m going to plant that garden!” Yes! There will be bok choy! There will be arugula! There will be...
“There were some times when Blaise was in so much pain from the avascular necrosis, it was like someone was taking a metal bat to his legs and beating them with it.” Trusting God is hard when the...
I have come back to this empty apartment to check one last time that we haven’t left anything behind. I walk slowly, my sneakers whispering across the tiled floors, looking into every corner of each...
In 2002, Steve and Janeece England were living their dream, working as missionaries with MRS in Zimbabwe. At the same time, Robert Mugabe was living his dream as president of Zimbabwe, and he was...
When Janeece England became a Christian in fifth grade, she knew she wanted to be a missionary in Africa. Between her junior and senior years at Kentucky Christian University, Janeece had an...
Deep in the heart of Texas, in that space between Dallas and Houston where there are only highways and flat lands, is the Coffield Unit, a maximum security prison. It's home to some 4,000 of the...