Something that I have been thinking deeply about lately is why we walk around with so much weight. I am not talking about physical weight, but the weight of burdens, stress, and heartache. We are broken people in a broken world, in need of a Savior. Our Savior has extended His hand out to us,…
How do you define a mission field? What IS a mission field? What does God mean in Matthew 28, that we are to go into all the world? I feel those verses on the Great Commission are argued and beaten to death. Beaten to death in a way that when argued on “where the mission…
My greatest “growth spurts” in life, have happened in the most difficult of times. I don’t know if you can say the same for yourself, but for me, I know that it is in the storms of life, that I have learned the most and have grown the most. One of the greatest lessons I…
I decided to piggy-back off of my last post about living in an “instant” world. Personal confession time: I rush through life – it takes a conscious effort for me to slow down and just relax. Ask my husband. I am a do-er. I am a task-oriented person. The more things on my to-do list,…
I was having one of those heart-to-heart conversations with some friends recently. A conversation that really had my wheels turning. A conversation that caused conviction. A conversation that required change. Culture is something Dan and I have many candid conversations about. Our couch is loaded with discussions on how we can continue to live for…
Fear. Fear of the present. Fear of the future. Fear of the past creeping up again. We may fear others. We may fear the unknown. We may fear even ourselves. Fear is debilitating. It is like “freeze tag.” It’s all fun and games until someone whips you across the body with a “freeze”. This is…
