The story is told of William Carey, pioneer English missionary of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who before traveling to India told Andrew Fuller, “I will go down into the pit, if you will hold the ropes.” Because Fuller and others supported and advocated for him back home, Carey was able to accomplish […]
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Turned around
In almost nine years of our parenting, neither of our daughters has ever been lost or even out of sight long enough to raise alarm. Until this summer. On a bike ride in my parents’ neighborhood, our youngest broke away from the pack and nearly lapped us all before realizing she couldn’t see us behind […]
Right here
When we hear the phrase “mission field,” we often think internationally, and we imagine people who don’t look like us, or who don’t speak our language, or who don’t live with many of the blessings that we enjoy. We remember with respect and gratitude those called missionaries who leave home and who go to live […]
Revive Us, O Lord
You can book it, but they won’t come” was the warning in a planning meeting for a fall revival. Is that true? Are we too far removed from the successes of the annual week of preaching that drove evangelism for decades? Are people so skeptical they won’t come out for a series of church services […]
A back-to-school prayer
It has been one year since I started a new job at our daughters’ school. One year of working alongside teachers and administrators who I now know are choosing to do an exceedingly difficult job. One year of learning alongside students who have good days and bad days, sometimes within the same seven hours. School […]
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