The reality is that God has provided an opportunity to minister to vulnerable and hurting people during their darkest hour.

Ukrainian refugee mothers are trying to be strong and positive for their children while carrying the burden of what's really going on with the families they left behind in Ukraine.

Can you imagine a teenager making a decision to leave his home, and most likely leave his family, to travel alone on a journey to an unknown future?

All believers are called to make disciples of all nation, and some are specifically called to international cross-cultural missions.

Missions is a bit like boxing theory.  Just substitute serving and discipling for “left” and “right” punches.

Heading to the mission field can be an amazing adventure.  New culture.  New foods.  New language.  New dependence on God.  For married couples, a new sense of “we’re in this together.”

Even during a pandemic and mask mandates, Kenya has taught me that community means people who laugh, cry, suffer, and walk with you.

Every Christmas of my life, except one, has been spent in Mississippi. The other was in tropical Australia. This year was different as we are in France, and we did our best to make the most of it.

For our refugee friends, a mobile phone is as important as food and water when moving around seeking new life.

We hold them in our open hands releasing them to fly with HIM...knowing that his promises will undergird them.

Psychologists say people like me have problems with authority. I prefer to think of it as offering alternatives.

You think America has problems? Spend a week or two in Lebanon, and you’ll get a taste of what real — as in existential — problems are. Even Scrooge would sympathize.

The gift of CLEAN WATER provides an opportunity for unreached people groups to experience the gift of LIVING WATER found only through Jesus Christ.

This move to France has been a seismic shift in our family dynamic. But would I do it all over again?

Stretching, as any athlete will tell you, is meant to be painful.  Yet it also makes you more elastic, able to run longer and do more, with less injury.

I love the anticipation of Christmas because Advent is all about waiting and believing in Light in the midst of great darkness.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Instead assess the good, discard what is irrelevant, and find a way to manage the bad.