September October 2021

Living Water

Reading Time: 4 minutesWinter weather chapped my hands. Even though I wore gloves and applied lotion, my hands remained rough. Then one…

Faithful to the Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutesGenesis and Revelation are bookends to God’s big story. Genesis tells us how everything got started; Revelation explains how…

Focus on the Faithful – Mary

Reading Time: 4 minutesYou may be wondering which Mary this article is focusing on. You have probably noticed that there are many…

Restless

Reading Time: 3 minutesI look back over a year of roadblocks, missteps, failures, and frustrations. I look ahead to a future shrouded in…

Cheeses and Crackers

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 1959, my family moved thirty miles across Los Angeles. We brought our two cats with us — Cheeses…

On Mission . . . in Kenya

Reading Time: 5 minutesKenya is located in the eastern part of Africa, covering 591,971 square kilometers. It borders Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan,…

Faithful in the Wait

Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the outside, I am probably what many would deem an average millennial youth — aiming to get established…

Abandoned

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Kelso, Scottish Borders, you can buy a church — this church — for the price of a one-bedroom…

Practicing Hospitality

Reading Time: 5 minutesAbove all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one…

Out of  the Shadow of  9/11

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn September 2001, I was thrilled to be living again in New York City after a few months away….