Perhaps the biggest personal frustrations in what we refer to as ministry—whether that be the ministry of marriage, or family, or missions, or church-planting or lay ministry—come as the natural results of our own sinful selves. We are so easily …
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A Christian Lady’s Simple Guide to a Total Closet Clean-out and Style Makeover
What should a godly lady wear and not wear? As christians, we are called to be set apart. Distinct. Beautiful lights that can be easily identified in the darkness. How do we do this? What should we wear that will …
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She Did Not Need an Orphanage
She lived on the streets. But she did not need an orphanage. She needed a home. She did not need a shared bed in a suffocatingly hot dorm room, with rats running the rafters over her head. She needed a …
Why Not?
I read recently that November is Defend the Orphan month. The Bible is very clear that we are always to defend the fatherless. So what exactly does the word “defend” mean? The 1828 dictionary defines it this way: “To drive …
My Lost Boys of Honduras
In a Neverland of misty mountains, cloud forests, and a thousand shades of green, there is a subculture of boys who will never grow up. Boys who will never see more than a glimpse of childhood, yet will never understand …
Night Songs
{This is a repost of a post I wrote for the Encouragement From Women Who’ve Been There Facebook Page} Psalm 77 “I cried unto God with my voice…In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran …
Two Books On Best-Practice Orphan Care that Every Christian Should Read
They say you should write about what you’re passionate about. But honestly, this is a subject that I am so passionate about and gets me so worked up, that I just can’t write about it. At least not right now. …
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You Are Loved
On a day when many will wake up feeling especially loved, when many will wake up feeling especially lonely, and when many will wake up just the same as any other day in February—there is, you might say, a Valentine …
What I’m Reading Wednesday—Contemporary Missionary Books
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Hush, This Isn’t Your Battle
Lately, it seems like everyone is fighting or arguing or puffing themselves up towards each other—uncannily similar to my neighbor’s roosters that endlessly wander into my front yard, bickering and squawking and flapping their wings at each other over bugs, …
