My Nine Year Old Mentor

Brad, the 50 year old leader of our group looked me in the eye and sternly said, “If I tell you to get on the bus, get on the bus.” Ten minutes later his voice rose above the noise as he said, “Get all the Americans inside right now.” And the somewhat agitated crowd of

The House that Obedience Built

Photo Credit: tpsdave at CC If you look at the road ahead, what do you see? When projects snapshots about life in the next five or ten or twenty years, what do they look like? Let me tell you about a few of the signposts I picture in my future. I see happy and healthy

Grief and Hope, Hope and Grief

Nicholas Wolterstorff in the book The Incomplete One makes a profound statement about grief and hope in the face of death. He writes, “Though grief does not smother hope, neither does hope smother grief.” Death is a reality everyone must face, and it presents a distinct and important challenge for the Christian. St. Paul, in