There’s a scene in the early moments of Peter Jackson’s movie, The Hobbit, that always makes me smile. Bilbo Baggins (the character from the title)...
I kept it a secret for two years. No one but my family knew how sick I really was.
When Turks look at Christians, they don’t think good thoughts. They think about Turkish history, about Constantine and the Crusades. They think...
While the Trinity might be hard to explain, I love the image of community found in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God has created us for...
There was a moment when he wondered, “What am I doing here, trimming dead leaves off banana trees, week after week?”
When war fills our screens and the language of death becomes ordinary again, something in us recoils. It should. Human beings were not made for...
While Jesus gave us plenty of things to do—repent (Matthew 4:17), believe (John 14:1); love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind...
I met Fatima during the women’s French class at La Maison Blanche, where I am living during my FOCUS internship. She was from Morocco, but had...
In pastoring RETO church, we have faced many different challenges. We have also seen God at work—beautiful moments, and powerful stories of...
When Grandma celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday, she didn’t feel so well. One of her daughters decided to bring her to the hospital and, after...
Anyone who has ever said yes to God and followed Him on mission knows the truth wrapped up in this familiar proverb. We serve a God who is anything...