Under the Fig Tree

Other, Life Lessons, On Track, RelationshipsYour tears are not the only outward sign of your deepest pain Your need is desperate Your words are filled with horrors You scramble to fill a bag with warm clothes for your children For your baby Your house is cold Your...

Archaeology is my love language

Other, Life Lessons, On Track, TransformationWhen 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,...

Discovering Central Asia

Education, On Track, Professional Life“By the way, could you please run our staff Professional Development Day?” This request concluded an email from an international school we were soon to visit. That email reinforced my thinking: the need to be VERY flexible during...

A barista walked into a cafe

Business, Arab World, On Track, Professional Life, Relationships“If more people come to know Jesus through our deaths than though our lives, then we are prepared to die, Father.” I read this prayer in a biography when I was nine. I was struck by how radical and...

Priorities

Hospitality, Life Lessons, On Track, RelationshipsWe as servants of God carry and display His splendor ("You are my servant, in whom I will display my splendor." – Isaiah 49:3) and people will be attracted to it. During my time here I reflected a lot...