The Warmth of Other Suns
February 25, 2026
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I know many of you are familiar with the prolific author, Isabel Wilkerson, who, ten or eleven years ago, had a book published called The
Peruvian Amazon Jungle
Who in the Bible Fought Like a Black Girl From Brooklyn?
February 23, 2026
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“So, Nehemiah, cupbearer to the king, fought like a Black girl from Brooklyn?” I said out loud as if someone told me the world was
Was It Reasonable? The awkward story of our Savior’s birth
December 28, 2025
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Was it reasonable to appoint a teenage girl, never yet known by any man, to wear such unbefitting evidence of unspeakable sin? To explain
Unshaken: Standing Firm in God’s Word
December 9, 2025
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E IN THIS VIDEO: This is what can happen when you think you’re standing firm in God’s Word, but realize you haven’t guarded against your
Woman’s Day – Sherry Boykin – “Steeped black tea bags cured my sties!”
June 10, 2024
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Indisputable Identity: A YouVersion Devotion and Reading Plan
December 2, 2023
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Sometimes a really bad breakup is a really good thing. Find out how in “Indisputable Identity” on YouVersion. Read it HERE.
Thoughts on Diversity in the Body of Christ
April 6, 2022
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Part of my husband’s story involves his exposure to diversity in general and then to diversity in the Body of Christ:
How God Prepared Me to Eat Whatever On the Mission Field
February 19, 2022
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One year in college I couldn’t afford to travel home for Thanksgiving, so a lady from church invited me to her family’s Thanksgiving in nearby
Sometimes You Just Mess Up
January 29, 2022
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I was so proud of myself that I straightened my posture until I was a full six inches taller than normal. I was on
But I Thought I’d Be Married By Now
January 22, 2022
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New Missionary-on plane to Peru-still single . . . I couldn’t help bursting into tears. I was genuinely ready, excited and intrigued about what lay
The Day I Learned to Fish, For Real
January 15, 2022
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Several of us from the Peruvian Amazon village of Grau took a trip one day in a long, tall, peke-peke canoe to visit a friend
Burning the Pilato: What a Peruvian tradition teaches about facing your obstacles, part 2
December 31, 2014
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I thought I’d re-share my New Year’s post from last year and encourage you to burn your own pilatos later tonight like we will. I’ll check
10 Things Church Ladies Do Better Than Everyone Else
February 11, 2014
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Lately I’ve noticed a whole heap of hilarity in the Body of Christ, especially among us church ladies. And the hilarity comes from hearts full of faith,
Bread and Butter: The new premarital sex
January 9, 2014
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Is it me, or does it seem that lately any consumption of food that isn’t organic, raw, vegan, or gluten and GMO-free has usurped the position of premarital sex as
Burning the Pilato: What a Peruvian tradition can show you about your toughest obstacles
January 2, 2014
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An annual tradition in the Peruvian Amazon is the burning of “pilatos”– homemade, life-size dolls that resemble the makers of the pilatos, or that resemble public
Considering Culture (Prodigal Pilates, Part 3)
April 13, 2012
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I just realized the elder brother in the parable of the prodigal sonS is an even bigger jerk than I thought a week ago. Notice how
The Sneetches on the Beaches and the Snobs in the Pews
March 28, 2012
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Is it me, or are these two groups one in the same? Here’s a quote: