She was the kind of woman you write poems about. Not love poems, not sonnets or lyrics or psalms. She would inspire courage and boldness, a song of remembrance or heritage. This woman’s life was … Read more about Stephanie
Mission of Hope
There wasn’t much to the house, or at least in the context of what I’ve known a house to be. Crooked wood paneling, tin roofing, and concrete floors, with a pink gauzey curtain for … Read more about Mission of Hope
Travel Day Poem
The line winded endlessly through the Bucharest airport. Our squad had spent the night on the floor in a corner by the bathrooms and now we stared bleary eyed at where we imagined the check-in desk to … Read more about Travel Day Poem
The Water That Does Not Run Dry
Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without … Read more about The Water That Does Not Run Dry
Logistics and Plane Tickets
If the Dominican sunrise could be described as a color, it would be silver. I sit and watch as charcoal and burnt orange clouds that resemble fire simmer into bright grey, tinting everything below in … Read more about Logistics and Plane Tickets
10 Things My Squad Learned in Romania
Debris that had been hiding in the corners of the mission house for weeks were swept into piles in the middle of the floor. Wrappers, empty water bottles, tangles of hair and scraps of paper sat … Read more about 10 Things My Squad Learned in Romania
The Writing on The Wall
James 4:7-10 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify … Read more about The Writing on The Wall
If I Could Say One Thing to My Romanian Friends
Describing Jesus to strangers on the street still seems impossible to me. He’s Someone you have to experience for yourself, and mere words can’t encompass everything He means to me. … Read more about If I Could Say One Thing to My Romanian Friends
White as Snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah … Read more about White as Snow
