The Fields Need Workers

I just left a parent-teachers conference with Will & Katie’s teachers and the other parents. Our children are settling in and they are in for a wonderful quarter! Again, the international flavor of this campus and its deep spiritual roots provide fertile soil in which to plant their young minds and hearts. We met the […]

God loves Will, God loves your family

The sign hangs above Will’s bed in the loft he shares with Katie, just above our bed in the humble studio that we are blessed to call home for now. Meanwhile, peals of laughter bury themselves in the aging buildings surrounding the ark-park. An international game of tag is taking place. The quiet is disturbed. […]

Friction Burns

Resistance comes in many forms. From car problems (we’ve had more than our share lately) to logistical quagmires; from unexpected costs to utterly unexplainable and bizarre occurrences we have felt a great deal of resistance as we ready ourselves to launch tomorrow. Even though we persevere and even improve through adversity, resistance can be painful. Friction […]

Down to the wire

We are in the last moments of so many things and on the cusp of some very new things. It is a heady time for sure! We leave in just 9 days!! Here are a few things that we need your prayers for: Finances: We are still $14,000 short of our big financing goal. Yes, we […]

19 Days & Counting (like 19 Kids & Counting, but not so much…)

With only 19 days and counting until lift off, we are… GRATEFUL for support from friends & family that brings our funding thermometer up to $16,029. We are MORE than 1/2 way to being fully funded. WOW! It’s incredible that was once a quiet conversation between us & God, is becoming reality! Only the One True […]

Busy hearts club

Once when our daughter was a toddler…probably 3 years old…I found her wide awake in her bed, staring at the ceiling way past her normal bedtime. When I gently asked her why she was still awake, she replied “Mommy, I can’t sleep. My heart is too busy.” Tonight, that’s my excuse. My heart is way […]

The widow’s mite as a rebuke

“And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to […]

Let he who has not sinned …

Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged in Iran last week for what, at worst, would be a crime of passion in the US (and perhaps just self defense). The world has been mesmerized by the haunting beauty of the letter she wrote to her mother just before she died (read it here). Not since reading The Kite Runner […]

Arrows

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! -Psalm 127: 4-5a Children are like arrows, hand-made by a master craftsman, no two alike. Perhaps you have one or two that are made to fly high, or far. Maybe their shafts are thick and […]

Tiny Book Review: Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

Just the other day I finished the book I had been reading. It was called “What’s so amazing about Grace?” by Phillip Yancey and it was an amazing read. Whenever I finish a good book, I always seem to struggle to find a new book in order to keep myself in the ether that the […]