How to Stand

How to Stand

Did you know there is a proper way to stand? My physical therapist taught me “how to stand” at my last appointment. I laughed to think I needed to be taught how to stand at my age! One foot slightly ahead of the other, equal balance between my two legs,...
Campfire Songs: Peace Like a River

Campfire Songs: Peace Like a River

“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” (Ephesians 3: 17b – 18, NIV) Who has childhood memories of camping? Remember jarts, canoeing,...
Lift Up Your Voice!

Lift Up Your Voice!

We’re in the mountains of Asia in a far-removed town called Derge.  It took us three days to get here—even though we haven’t even left the province! But many of the roads that brought us here zigzagged up one side of a mountain and back down the other, eventually...
Who Are You?

Who Are You?

In the world of Jim Henson’s The Muppets there is one character who has a claim to fame like none of the others. Gonzo.Even his name means extreme, unconventional, and bizarre. He is like the other characters in that he is driven to perform and upstage his mates....
Expectations vs. Expectancy

Expectations vs. Expectancy

“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us…” (Ephesians 3:20, NIV) Someone once asked me, “What is the difference between setting expectations with God and coming to God with a sense of...