Month: October 2011

This morning I was challenged by the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Have you ever faced death? I haven’t ever faced someone who was about to kill me, but I’m challenged to think of what my response would be.

As you might know, I’m with our MC students in Minneapolis. We’ve had an awesome trip so far and we appreciate your prayers today as we do outreach in North Minneapolis and serve alongside a family (who graciously opened their

I remember as a child doing a project with sun dials. We made our own sun dials with plywood and nails, marked the times, and set them in the field to see how they worked throughout the day. Shadows shift

I’ve never been much of a recipe follower. Don’t get my wrong, I LOVE recipe books. But if I’m cooking a meal, I look at recipe books as ideas and suggestions rather than scientific formulas.  I find that cooking is

  I have enjoyed doing a lot of reading the past couple of months. Much of what I’ve read has been stories of Christians living in other parts of the world who participated in the plan of God however He called them.

This past summer, God gave me a gift: three months with a friend whose presence, stories, and experienced altered my perspective. I had no idea what to expect when I arrived to my dorm room at SIL and saw sheets

Here’s a non-serious, non-wordy blog… tonight I had a delicious dinner with some friends. I contributed flatbread (naan) and my friends made mango coconut curry, roasted potatoes, and some awesome rice pudding.  I’m so grateful for the friends and fellowship

Last night I went to see the movie Courageous. It definitely met my expectations! I had been looking forward to it for a long time and I was really glad that I had the chance to see it. It was

When people find out that I am heading out for full-time ministry in Colombia, they usually have one of two reactions. The less-common reaction is “Where is that again? South Carolina, or North?” When I explain that I’m actually going

Dear blog reader, I know… it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I’m back now, hopefully to be a more frequent blogger. (We’ll see…) You  may have noticed that I changed the title of my blog! It was previously