No matter where you are in life there are certain levels or zones [so to speak] that one can find themselves in from time to time as we journey through life. The challenge for all of us is not to allow ourselves to get stuck, or to stay too long in one area or zone […]

I have not minded the rainy summer; it keeps the grass and the trees lush and green right until the very end. I am mindful, though of the many people in so many places, who have been horribly affected by the increased rainfall. Floods can be so, so scary. 14 years ago, our world seemed […]

“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days— You would not believe if you were told.” Habakuk 1:5 NAS Scripture speaks often of the “End Times.” Old Testament prophets and even Jesus laid out what to look for as signs of His coming. Wars and rumors of […]

Jenna and I are in the final months here in Iraq and it seems the closer we get to October, the quicker the time slips through our fingers. I am focusing on being present in every interaction. We have learned the great value of that here. The priority placed on relationship in this culture is […]

Summer has passed, and with it the sticky summer nights, noisy with crickets and cicadas, (or Katydids as we always called them.) In August, during the peak of hot weather, temps in the 90’s, our air conditioners broke, one in the house and one in our car, leaving us, well…sweaty. As I tried to write […]

“For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 NASB Dan and I have developed some incredible systems that, somehow, with the Lord’s help, just work! One of these systems is our monthly newsletter. I have […]