I never saw God as just. It hits me as I sit stunned in my dirty-brown pub chairs, arms leaning on my lap-top, studying the word, “tzedek” meaning, “righteousness” and “justice” in Hebrew. I have been burdened with this word, “justice” ever since I started homeschooling and my nine-year-old’s inquisitive mind kept asking what “justice” was. […]
Drowning Terrorist Fears And Social Media Wars To Follow Your Calling
I’m just as human as the next guy (or gal). I see the black masks, hear the endless media portrayals of what happened in Paris on Friday the 13th. I know the reality. There are hidden cells, people who look just like you and me waiting to go around and blow themselves up… Worse yet, they […]
What Does Loving Without Judging Look Like?
We have all heard, “Don’t judge”. It’s the equivalent of, “get out of my business”. Or, “I don’t want your input into whatever it is I am doing (good or bad)”. But Jesus came to break our chains, make a ways for us to get past the walls put between us, as people. Jesus called out […]
Are We Living A Gospel That’s More Than Words?
This is National Adoption Month. Did you know that? People from around the world are sharing their stories of how children were found, lives were changes, families were expanded through the miracle of adoption. This past, “Orphan Sunday”, I have been praying desperately for the Global Church to grab His heart and run with the things […]
UNITE Linky (Short Video) Our Family’s Adoption Story
Oh friends, Can I just share something personal with you? As most know, we have been foster parents for ten years. We have been in court battles with twelve-year-old’s who have been abused, carried struggling, drug-exposed preemies for years of sleepless nights, and held far too many children who have had brain damage because a parent […]
Is Ministry Giving You A Messianic Complex?
It’s easy to become a “savior” in orphan ministry… When a stranger throws a premature infant at you; expecting you to feed, care for, and bring it back to life. Or when a failure to thrive infant lies dead-like in your arms, and all eyes look to you for answers. Doctor’s appointments, therapy, social worker, guardian […]