Faithful in the Storms
I’m a little late to the party, but I recently bought a digital picture frame. I love to travel, especially to national parks. Every trip, I pack along the camera I bought as a college graduation present, ready to document the beautiful sights I’ll see. For the better part of a decade, the thousands of […]
Pray for Reign in Africa
They told us not to expect much rain in Botswana during June. It’s their winter: the dry season for a country that is already dry. Miami will see as much rainfall in two months as Botswana will see in a year (18 inches). Complicating this, Botswana is one of the 44 landlocked countries of the […]
But God: Looking for “But God” Moments in your Life
Pain is bondage. Pain holds you captive. Pain changes who you are. Pain can hold what feels like absolute power over your body, actions, and thoughts. Pain prevents you from thinking clearly, it clouds your judgment, and it affects your prayers and thoughts. How can a loving, living God ignore someone praying for him to […]
Pain & the Importance of Proximity
With modern technology, we can pick up our phones and call, text, or video chat almost anyone in our lives. But do we? Mental health crises are on the rise, loneliness is endemic, and close friendships appear to be dwindling or, at the very least, increasingly fragile. We’re retreating into ourselves. And that includes within […]
Miracles, Tragedy, and Hope: The Testimony of Faith in the Midst of Suffering
I remember as a young missionary kid reading a gripping book called For This Cross I’ll Kill You, by Bruce Olson, which left me absolutely devastated. It tells the story of a young man who felt called by God to a dangerous Columbian tribe, called the Motilone. He went without a missionary agency or resources, […]
Storm Chased: Responding Well to the Storms of Life
Growing up, I hated thunderstorms. For several years, I spent my summer mornings checking the Weather Channel, anticipating what might roll through the Midwest later that day. I’d get a sinking feeling in my gut that deepened as the radar spun. Eventually, a severe weather alert would blare across the television, and one of my […]
Renewing Your First Thought of the Morning
And the first thought of the morning is . . . What is that beeping sound? Wait a second. . . . The second thought is . . . Oh yeah, I was asleep and that’s my alarm. Just like every morning. And now that you’re awake and clearheaded, you arrive at your third thought: […]
A Suffering Group We’ve Largely Forgotten
If I told you that there is an entire group of people within the United States that has seemingly been forgotten by the church, would I pique your interest? Maybe so, but if not, what if you were to discover that this group of people is taking their own lives at a staggering number of […]
