We all want formula’s for marriage. A simple twelve-step plan to make marriage easy, compatible, joyous, and missonal. But let’s face it, marriage is hard. I remember it well, nearly two decades ago. I sat across from my husband, two small children asleep upstairs. “I can’t do this”, I cried. But today, I still can’t remember […]
A Journey Of Miracles and Faith, Half Way Across The World. UNITE Linky
Of all the places in the world, I am not sure why this orphanage in China stuck out to me, glowing in front of me, on my flat screen. Maybe it was because doors closed to our trip to south China and as a result we consecrated ourselves to seek His plan, not ours. And could […]
The Deception of The Insulated Life
“Many try to dodge the hurting by living insulated lives.” I read on a forum. It resonates. These words. And I wonder if we miss this beautiful grace-filled life of joy and sadness, coupled with highs and pain. This life of wonder and imperfections, tough stuff and then the swallows of love that captures us… Or […]
The $7.99 Message, Anyone Whose Ever Felt Despair, Must Read
I walked past it. Didn’t even know the price yet. Still, for some reason it peered and leaned, reached for me….with arms, almost unnoticed. But then I stepped back, spoke loudly to my daughter standing next to me, “I really like those words”. $7.99 is all it cost. And yet, I wrestled and toyed with whether […]
When A Little Boy Connects Two Foster Moms Across The Globe
Like James Bond on a mission with the clock running. Time ticking. Plane leaving. We wind around the streets of Shanghai to come to strong iron gates. Inside, an International School sits resurrected, for all to see. The guard points us in the right direction in Chinese. We drive along smooth cement roads, to find sprawling […]
Being A Disciple In The Storm
Country life was foreign to us. We had come from Seattle; tall buildings, cement sidewalks, everything from derelicts to business people passing us by, daily. That first winter on our property, a blizzard came. The snow covered the ground for weeks. When it melted, we realized we lost a few trees, while other branches hung lifeless. […]