What Baby Wesley Didn’t Know
Neither newborn baby Wesley nor his parents had any idea of the profundity of their unannounced arrival at our front door at precisely 5:00 pm last Saturday. The loosely-wrapped bundle…
Thoughts on Diversity in the Body of Christ
Part of my husband's story involves his exposure to diversity in general and then to diversity in the Body of Christ:
How God Heals the Pain of Miscarriage
March 17, 2007. I'll never forget it. Kaki was a year and a half old and the pregnancy test was positive. We rejoiced like ten-year-olds at the circus! Later that day…
God Can Use Anything to Put You On Someone Else’s Heart
It might just be your name . . . When I arrived on campus for my first semester of Bible college, a wild car accident had left me with a…
When You Just Want to Have a Baby
Sometimes, you just want to have a baby. Period. I remember well the years I spent begging God for the gift of being a mom. But can I let you…
How I Learned the Necessity of Self-Care
I sped down 38th Street on my way to meet one of three or four girls I mentored. My college student staple--a pizza pretzel in a white paper bag, sat…
How God Prepared Me to Eat Whatever On the Mission Field
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 Kentucky. When we arrived, my…
Dear God, Please Forgive Me
NO WAY was I going to be a foreign missionary as a single woman!!! I didn't want to end up a strange, cat-hoarding old lady with a bun on top…
Sometimes You Just Mess Up
I was so proud of myself that I straightened my posture until I was a full six inches taller than normal. I was on my first Amazon River trip to…
But I Thought I’d Be Married By Now
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 ahead, but I still struggled…
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