Bearing seeds

Bearing seeds

I love avocados. My whole family does. In salad, guacamole, whatever. Unfortunately, we live in South Asia, where they are rare.  But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as was scattered’....
Archaeology is my love language

Archaeology is my love language

When we think about how God’s love motivates us to love others, it can sometimes be hard to imagine how we can do this. How do we love our neighbours? Even harder: how can we love people scattered across the world? For me, doing my job as an archaeologist is a way to...
A Different way of doing medicine 

A Different way of doing medicine 

I was only fourteen when I decided I was going to become a medical missionary. I assumed I would be going to Africa – back then I thought all missionaries went to Africa.  I was surprised to learn that female medical personnel were most needed in Muslim...
Serving god without leaving home?

Serving god without leaving home?

I am no hero of the faith, but I trust God used me as a stay-at-home mum.  A few weeks before my family went to live overseas for the first time, I got a phone call. The caller was an older friend whom I respected. “Ruth”, she said to me, “I know we talk a lot...
Unprecedented times! Really…?

Unprecedented times! Really…?

While it is true that in recorded history there probably has never been a global pandemic of this scale, duration and widespread impact, the events happening across our world may prompt many of us take a close look at what scripture says about pain and suffering....