Beautiful and Disturbing

When having tea with a new friend in Palm Beach, Florida, I was reminded of a certain verse of Scripture. I’ve meditated on James 1: 1-4 for three days now. Let me start at the beginning. I work for an amazing ministry that sends me out to meet with the people who...

Empty Plates

Going back to work with an international Bible ministry, I’ve been reminded of the year and a half we lived in Equatorial Guinea working with a Bible translation project in process there. I experienced a myriad of emotions as I recalled our ten-year-old son surviving...

Are You a Crushed Olive?

I had the chance to sit on a patch of ground on the Mount of Olives in a garden facing Jerusalem. The story of Gethsemane – Christ taking Peter, James, and John to pray the night before his mockery of a trial ensued – came to life in a tangible way. I’m...