Theology / Church, Life Lessons, Transformation“The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.” Proverbs 15:3 This verse recently caught my attention. I had always thought of God keeping an eye on good but absent when evil is present. I...
Theology / Church, Life Lessons, Relationships“What? WHAT? Wow! Wow! WOW!!” Silence followed; a deep, intentional silence from my friend, Mawar. “I’m crying!” she eventually said. I had texted Mawar earlier to let her know we were back in the country after four months...
Other, Prayer, RelationshipsFive pairs of eyes watched us in silence. Five daughters half-hidden in the furtive darkness of the ramshackle bamboo hut. Probably they had never seen foreigners before. Probably our clipped, studied pronunciation of the national language...
Hospitality, Life Lessons, Prayer, RelationshipsOne of the pitfalls of living inside the walls of a large Christian facility, surrounded by dedicated Christian brothers and sisters, is the comfort, safety and isolation it affords. It is easy to be consumed with making...
Business, Arab World, Partner, Professional Life, TransformationWe live in a 4,000 year old city, along with 25 million others. Pollution fills the air like a grey soup and the economy is in a permanent struggle to keep ahead of population growth. Yet the noise and...
