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 […]
When Churchy People Toss Around, “Bless You”. What’s Blessing?
Far from a golden chariot, on four wheels, I’m rolled out from the hospital. Husband waits with the door of our car open, my prince charming in every sense. And with groggy words, I turn as I lift myself from those wheels, after asking the lady pushing me, about her life, children, work, and job fulfillment. […]
Beautiful, Messy Ministry, and the Miracle Found in a Big God
O.k. Let’s just get honest. God has been convicting me today about the reality of service. He has been showing me…get this… When we love people, we will get messy. Christianity is more than sitting in church on Sundays. Yet, how many of us want a Christianity we can tuck tidily, at the bottom of our […]
Women; You Were Made For The Battlefield. Rise From Complacency and Fight.
It was inside the laurel bushes, the magic happened. Little boys held what my daddy made, using his skill saw. Wood weapons like swords, riffles, and handguns, used for the battle played by the imaginations of us neighbor kids. It was a day of G.I. Joe, and camouflage. A day where Vietnam had ended, and we […]