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Will You Help Us Provide Food & Education for More Than 200 Kids?

Today is the beginning of a dream come true. Leif and I are headed to Nairobi, Kenya, to meet the child we’ve been privileged to sponsor through Compassion International.

Leif and I have both engaged in child sponsorship—programs that ensure that children in majority world countries receive food and education, but this adventure is the answer to prayer and the beginning of what we hope to be a dream come true.

Some time ago, I asked Leif, “If you could do anything—without time and limitations—what would you choose to do?” Continue Reading…

Sunday Still: Breathing Life into Others & The Wonder of Restoration

“The wonder of restoration is exemplified through the visions of an exiled Old Testament prophet, and realized throughout the life of Christ. Continue Reading…

BREATHE

We are created for a relationship with God, and that means we’re meant to experience God’s presence. We need God’s presence and the awareness of His nearness if we’re going to grow into the fullness of all God intends. Apart from His presence, we can begin to convince ourselves that somehow God is distant, somehow we can handle things on our own.

Maybe this is one reason God keeps echoing throughout Scripture, “I am with you! I am with you! I am with you! [Tweet this] Continue Reading…

theholywho

“Wide awake to the presence of God, I realized I had been so focused on asking why a good God allowed bad things to happen that I was missing out on the nearness of God all along. Continue Reading…

What Does it Mean to #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK?

You may have noticed that when tweeting or instagramming about Wonderstruck, I don’t use the hashtag #Wonderstruck. Turns out a little known country star by the name of Taylor Swift has a perfume named Wonderstruck.

The teeny-boppers have hijacked #Wonderstruck.

So you’ll see that on the bottom of each page in Wonderstruck (the book, not the perfume) and on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest we use the hashtag #LIVEWONDERSTRUCK.

I actually like it better. Continue Reading…