Timothy

Timothy’s sister sat cross-legged next to the doorway, slowly rocking forward and back. Her face was expressionless as Guru, the local pastor, explained her situation. “She is possessed. Since the mother died 13 years ago, she has gone downhill. She doesn’t have any control and doesn’t get up even to relieve herself,” he said. As I listened […]

House Visits

His face was changed. As we left the neighborhood, I saw a new look in his eyes. God had come to rest in him, and he was bursting with joy. Our short visit would have long-term impact on his life and the life of his family. Suresh’s wife loves the Lord. She is praying daily and interceding […]

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. […]

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 […]