Hot cider. Homemade treats. Music in the air. A dusting of snow. A bright lit tree. The giggles of children. The lighting of the candles. The carving of the meat. The scents and sounds of the holiday season lunge and linger. Yet for some, the holidays are painful. The...
Thanksgiving is upon us. There’s much to mourn, to celebrate, to give thanks. But amid the food and family, I have something I ache for you. Something I discovered while spending time with a family who lacked indoor plumbing or electric. Leif and I had traveled to a...
Bright lights. Crowded stores. Traffic jams. Over the upcoming weeks, you’ll find moments of joy and delight, but also sparks of stress and frustration. In all the doing and going, the lists to fulfill, the chores that must be done, the projects that can’t wait any...
My prayer life contains so many off-ramps. Dip into distraction. Settle into self-centeredness. Tread into the to-do list. Slip back to sleep. Maybe you have them, too. Over the last month, I’ve been posting a lot about prayer, lectio divina, abandoning prayer, and...
Maybe you struggle to find the words to share your faith. Maybe you have talked to someone about God and the conversation was going great…until you realized the other person was talking about a completely different god. Maybe you enter into spiritual...
While visiting a predominantly Buddhist village in Myanmar, two female missionaries were attacked by villagers. The women were slapped in the face, kicked and hit for preaching the gospel. Their phones were confiscated. Soon the missionaries were brought to the police...
