Once I was smuggling Bibles and medicine into Iraq when we were stopped and searched at the border…
poured-out life
156: How to Handle Criticism
At one time or another we will become the brunt of criticism … the question is how will we respond when it comes our way?
Upward & Outward
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2 (KJV) Standing in line to disembark the…
Godly Influence
It had become a treasured Sunday morning rhythm in the coming of age season in my life….
Becoming a Godly Mentor
It was only four hastily scrawled lines on a torn sheet of notebook paper. But I have never forgotten the contents of…
Perfectly Glazed Carrots
As a newly married woman, one of my first opportunities to be the hostess of my home led to an embarrassing situation…
Trained in Kindness
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for…
An Endless Supply
It had been a long day, longer than usual. Yet another student had fallen ill at the discipleship training school I serve at … and it was far from pretty
True Devotion
I sat in a wing-back chair by the blazing fireplace, surrounded by friends on a Wednesday night; our weekly…