Season of Division If you were to turn in your Bible to the books of Samuel and Kings you would read about a period of almost 500 years when the nations Israel and Judah were struggling with a disobedience that led to an incredible missed opportunity that altered the future of the nations. They split [...]
What is the Story of Thanksgiving? Most of us live in a free world. By definition we are able to act as we wish to and aren't restricted by much. It can be easy to feel trapped or less than free in today's society, but objectively we have a freedom that many will never have [...]
The Trip That Transformed My Worldview Throughout most of high school I was never the one that wanted to get a degree. I never knew what I wanted to do after graduation. I didn't know what I was good at and I wasn't sure what I was passionate about. The thought of college and a [...]
Imagine... ...you’re walking along the beach and you have one bucket with you. It’s not your job to collect all of the sand but a part of you feels responsible for doing so. You can only collect one grain of sand at a time if you want to do it well and sometimes it could [...]
When I Said, Yes... When I said yes to God, I had no idea what that meant. When I said yes to ministry, I had no idea how to serve. When I said yes to Haiti, I had no idea how my life would change. That’s the funny thing about obedience, when we say yes [...]
The Purpose of Jesus We all know the story of Baby Jesus. We tell it every year at Christmas time. We teach it to our kids before they know how to write their own names. We use the story to tell the gospel. None of these things are bad, but I think that too often [...]
Ethnocentrism Regardless of worldview or cultural upbringing, we all have ethnocentric tendencies. Ethnocentrism is the way that we evaluate other cultures according to preconceptions that are based in an individual’s home culture. The initial reaction is to see your own culture as right and to filter every other culture in relation to that (usually negatively). [...]
Patient Surrender Here in Haiti, it can take an entire day to make your dinner. From the time you buy the meat and produce in the market to the time it is on your table for dinner, most of a day could have passed. I am pretty patient in most situations but when it comes [...]
The Sun Rise This morning as I watched the sun rise over the mountains in the beautiful country that I get to call home I was overwhelmed with thankfulness. Before moving to Haiti, I had no idea how blessed I was (and still am). I realized how many things I took for granted and never [...]
On The Mountain Top Today I had the opportunity to travel to Cabaret with part of my team. We were invited to visit Timoun La Gras, a kids club within our sponsorship program. We parked our truck at the bottom of a mountain and started to find our way to the “mountain church”. None of [...]
