I was hiking a state park in Oregon this week, a park filled with stunning, powerful waterfalls; a rain forest, in fact. I was steeped in an intense sense of awe and splendor when suddenly it felt as though I had been punched in the gut. The intensity stopped me in my tracks. Gallons of […]
Eyes, eye contact, windows to a soul. We reveal a lot when we share that window, allowing a peek into our very being. I was riding along a street in Haiti years ago when it struck me how many souls, adult and child alike, were peering into mine. This openness creates vulnerability. The willingness to […]
Imagine with me a Sunday morning, you arrive to get your 5 boys for church and one of them almost always has an excuse as to why they cannot be ready for church today: “I don’t have a belt”, “My clothes aren’t clean”, “I always have to wear the same thing”, “My shoes aren’t good […]
He had me at the Preface. Don’t you love books like that?! I had read Craig Greenfield’s book “The Urban Halo”, in which he tells the story of he and his family living in the slums of Cambodia. Read that again, please. LIVING in the slums of Cambodia. Not SERVING in, not MINISTERING in, but […]
Preparing for Kelsey & Nick’s wedding while also preparing for our journey to life in Haiti has brought our family together with great intention. Good times. Evidence of God’s work in our kids and in their lives. I am currently preparing pictures to take with us for our home in Haiti. Be still my heart! […]
