Sometimes walking alongside means digging in the dirt. 

Awaki's son has struggled with severe mental illness for 20 years.  So severe that he is confined to his home for his safety and the safety of others. That alone is enough for one person to bear, but this beautiful...

Answer: extremely beneficial, which is why approximately 65 percent of the world’s population drinks goat’s milk.  Goats milk is a superior form of nutrition -- an excellent source of carbohydrates (energy), protein, fats and many vitamins and minerals essential for we...

This is me on a typical day…

I want to be a follower of Jesus.  I want that with my whole soul, and yet time and time again I don’t.  I am constantly finding myself running ahead of him instead of slowing down to his unhurried pace and seeking his direction in my life,...

'Tis the season and Jesus is the reason! 

My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night.   On my first trip to Tanzania, just before Christmas 2005, our Tanzanian friends taught our team the Swahili version.  It's like God touching my soul to sing this song in Swahili.  Ev...

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken…”

Hebrews 12:28

As we approach the holidays and all that the season brings, from social gatherings and to-do lists to baking marathons and to-buy lists, our calendars can start to feel a little o...

Gratefulness.  As children of God, we are called to a heart of gratefulness in our daily lives.  In fact, the Bible says to “be grateful in all things”.  Sometimes, in all of the business of life and with the worry that can creep into it, it is tough to maintain a hear...

Thank You, Dream Givers.

In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

-1 Thessalonians 5:18

As November’s weather now grows cool and the trees’ final leaves fall to the ground....

In the quiet space of reflection between autumn’s departure and...

One thing I love to do, and where I often spend the most time talking to God, is riding on the back of a motorcycle.  Yep, I’m a big, bad, biker chick. (well 2/3 ain’t bad, I don't think I'd qualify as bad anymore). A founding member of the Wild Goats biker gang.  A pa...