Hey friends! The Greenhouse has a new look! This summer is my 3 year anniversary for blogging at the Greenhouse, so it was time for some rearranging. I needed to update some structural details (this techy stuff is not my strength!), and I did some organizing and...
Are you a missionary or minister who feels the pressure to produce? Do you feel discouraged when you work hard but have little fruit to show for it? I recently listened to Aileen Coleman speak at the Mobilizing Medical Missions Conference and since then I’ve wanted to...
Last week when I wrote about setting our hearts on pilgrimage, I couldn’t help but think about how the life of a missionary sets one on pilgrimage. A missionary journeys to foreign places to join God in his sacred work. It’s an arduous–passing through the...
My heart grieves the pain and unrest our country is experiencing. It makes me reflect on some of our own family’s experiences with white preference and prejudice. I want to share this post again that I wrote a few years ago when our son, Jacob, carried the...
“Do you think I can ask someone to take Jack to the airport?” A ride to the airport is usually no imposition because everything is close in Abilene, Texas. But a ride to the international airport is another story, because it means nearly 3 hours to the DFW airport....
Last week we visited Matt and Tish Harris, missionaries in Australia. Tish threw out a question that stuck with me. It‘s bothered me, actually, so I’m going to share it with you so it can bother you too. “Why are new missionary teams made up of young people? Sometimes...
