I used to think that I had to sell my house, put my children in boarding school, and walk around in homeless poverty, to impact the nations. I had a heart for missions. But, with a baby tied around my hip, a toddler, or a school age kid begging for attention….I didn’t see how to implement the […]
What would you ask a pastor in inland China? Well, we had the chance. Three plane flights in. Taxi ride winding around. Obstacles of people. Crunched in seat. Feeling every windy, sharp turn. Smelling fumes rising…..like the breakfast in my stomach…..from that morning. Wondering…Are we ever going to get to that church? The one we felt […]
I step out. Again. The deck from our condo. Overlooking the ocean. For glass doors do little to hide my fascination to the wide open. And I am drawn to it…..like a gazelle in the Savannah. A dry and thirsty one….hoping for more than a mirage in the desert. And nothing more. Separating. Water and sky. […]
We enter our friends 5200 square foot house. Take off our shoes. And spy him on a stool. Unassuming. Not standing front and center. Or loudly declaring his convictions. Just silent. On a stool. Yet, instantly, he stands out. Dark skin. Nose bent. This ex-Muslim, in our midst. And, we all stand back. Waiting for words […]
I wake to the moon that just sung you goodnight. Recalling the bundle that I once held in my arms. And how lassos and wishes and hearts can’t hold you back. A dream awakened. A calling placed…..in the ground like a seed….in the heart of you. Grown by God. Now bearing fruit. And I am so […]
Four years ago, almost exactly today, I had a dream of a an orphanage in China. Kids needy. Us bringing more than food and water. Yet, I question the fruit of such things…..like…..why would I dream of me in China? What does this mean? But I let it rest…. Those seeds planted in my head and […]