HOW TO KNOW WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS
These are difficult times—the jobless rate is high, pay is declining, investments are dwindling and retirement funds are gone. We feel blessed to be able to put food on our tables—and indeed we are!
YOU ARE NOT ONLY RESPONSIBLE
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” -Martin Luther
HOW TO GIVE TIME, TALENTS … AND GOD
In the blog It’s Okay To Store Up Our Treasures, we looked at how God rewards us for properly investing the riches He entrusts to us. But oftentimes we don’t think about anything but money when we consider stewardship....
THE WISDOM OF GOD DEVISED A WAY
“The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.” ― John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
AFRICA THE BEAUTIFUL
My heart is heavy as we leave this place. We have bandaged wounds, treated strange illnesses, and shown the love of Christ the best we could.
WHEN THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN ARE NOT INVISIBLE ANYMORE
In a world where we have everything we want, we remember there are those who don’t—many of them are children, and they are not invisible. The dedication of mothers and fathers here in Africa is amazing in the face...
HOW LITTLE DO THEY SEE
How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems. -Daniel Webster
WHAT IS GOOD GRIEF?
Paul Douglas feared the worst as looked at me with tears streaming down his face, waiting for an answer. I struggled for words, but couldn’t find them. I stared at the floor, trying to decide how to tell him...
IF YOU DON’T CHANGE THE DIRECTION
“If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading…” -John C. Maxwell
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
We hope to make a difference, to ease the suffering, to heal broken bodies and cure disease. But as important as this is, it means nothing unless we also carry the Gospel. The most important thing we will ever...