We see it all the time. We are going to come and serve the people of Haiti. What does that mean? Are we coming with a mindset to come along side and serve in dignifying ways? Or, are we coming with an albeit well intentioned savior complex? “THEY need us." "Here is what we can [...]
Complacent Church Why is it that we try walking humbly with God without doing anything? Why is it that we want God's grace for ourselves but want God's wrath for everyone else? Why do we try to love God, but not love people? For the longest time, I would go to church and do the [...]
Dreamer... Your vision is obscured by fiercely falling snow and frozen breath. In your peripherals you detect movement. Pupils dilate. Muscles tighten. Adrenaline shivering up your spine. Hearts pumping. It's a prowling lion stalking its prey, you. What is your response? Are you fearfully running? Or, are you courageously chasing it down? This paints a [...]
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to [...]
Thank you... ...for believing in us. Every day we wake up and fight to believe that we are able to take this call (surely, you can relate). If it ever seems like we know what we are doing, know that it is by the grace of God we carry cross-cultural relationships, speak any of the [...]
The Game I've been back in the United States for a little over a week now. I could have given you several different adjectives that were running through my head as I stared at my passport, my luggage, and my boarding pass the night before our travels. I had feelings of uncertainty, I braced for [...]
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). [...]
James 4:14 "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." I do not know what tomorrow will bring, especially in this season of life. This seems so true - I do not know what tomorrow will [...]
Exhausted Leader The days are whizzing by and it can feel like wheels are spinning constantly. I've thought it and I've heard it processed – the idea that the mission we come with feels so far. Especially for a leader, who quickly moves from being mobilized to being the mobilizer. What happened to those dust [...]
The Final Whistle... Last November, when the buzzer sounded as the clock hit zero, my thought as I walked off of the turf field was that soccer was over. This reality broke my heart. The sport that I played since I was a little girl all the way through college would no longer be a [...]
