Have you ever run a marathon? The closest I’ll get to a long distance race is cheering for others as they cross the finish line. Except for in life. Life has its way of setting our course on a marathon whether we want to run it or not. We may not actually run—thank...
My sister’s last call from the airport has become an annual tradition. It marks the end of summer for me as much as back to school sales and football season. Tanya calls to tell me goodbye before her family travels for 36 hours to settle back into their way of life in...
“How was your trip?” That’s what I’m often asked these days because we travel a lot. Baboons and Inca ruins stamped my memory. And sounds of Spanish, Afrikaans and Xhosa linger. Those don’t usually go together because they’re a mix of South America and South Africa....
Hey, friends! Today I’m writing for Velvet Ashes—a great website that builds community among cross cultural workers around the world. This week their theme is “sleep”, so I’ve shared a little about an unwanted sleeping companion who joined me while we lived in...
“Go into all the world.” Most of us are familiar with those parting words of Jesus. But what if the “world” Jesus wants you to go to is your family at home? This week I read a story in Mark about a man who was eager to travel to new lands with Jesus, but Jesus stopped...
Did you go on a mission trip this summer? Or maybe you know someone who did? Summer mission trips are as common today as summer youth camp was when I was kid. We stamp the passport and hold babies in the orphanage, organize summer camps for the underprivileged, clean...
