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…
The Day I Learned to Fish, For Real
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 about an hour away. About…
What a Black Woman in Brooklyn Has in Common with a Jewish Woman in Antiquity
At six-years old, I overheard someone say my father was dead. I did not yet fully understand the finality of dead, but I sort of understood that after that day,…
At What Point Does Your Gratefulness Start to Look Unseemly?
I stood still and stared at this sculpted masterpiece in New York City’s Battery Park this week. Something about it made me want to cry and something about it made…
Learning to Live in Your Epilogue
When God moves, He moves. And I'm so very grateful for that--a little stuck, perhaps, but grateful just the same.Every woman in Scripture I've ever spoken about eventually comes to…
How Epilogues Keep You in the Game When You Feel Like Giving Up
When I was seven years old, I heard the word epilogue for the very first time. I remember it so clearly because we were all at my great-grandparents’ house where…
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…
How to Get Your Kids to Remember What God Has Done
Here's an easy way you and your kids can remember what God has done--on purpose! Build an altar! (I did this with our daughter and now you can, too!) To celebrate…
Does Speaking the Truth in Love Have to Sound Mousy?
Why Speaking the Truth in Love Might Be the Same as a Tongue-Lashing