Being Still… and Knowing

Being Still… and Knowing

I first heard of the coronavirus months ago, a brief mention in a news report from halfway ’round the world. And since then? Now it has spread across the globe—nearly to my own doorstep. I’m trying to keep that door closed tight. From inside this door of...
God in the Silence

God in the Silence

I can remember those days so clearly—when my children and my husband had gone to school, and I was alone in a silent house. I loved the silence of the house when everyone else had left for the day, and I could feel the silence. I remember the ticking of the clock and...
Purging, Organizing, and Fresh Starts

Purging, Organizing, and Fresh Starts

Spring is the season of detoxing, purging, organizing, fresh starts, and new regimens—dejunking our lives and making great efforts to clean out all the toxins in our bodies and our houses. Ahhh, the freedom that comes from throwing out those lonely socks that have...
Mission Rwanda. Mission Redemption.

Mission Rwanda. Mission Redemption.

Packing for Rwanda was not a big deal. I sort of felt like I was going home, though I had never been to Rwanda. As a Missionary Kid from Tanzania, the neighbor to Rwanda, I knew there were many similarities; and like when I was 15 years old and heading to Africa for...
Factory Reset

Factory Reset

Romans 12:2  (ESV) Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Factory Reset It wasn’t the news I had wanted to hear. My phone had...