I was picking up the house; she was talking to a My Little Pony: “Don’t be fraid…don’t be afraaaaayed…don’t be fraaayd…” Huh? “Don’t be fraid…don’t be afraaaaayed…don’t be fraaayd., Pony…” Is your pony scared of something, Selah? “No, Mommy.” Uh, okay. “Follow. Follow. You go. Follow.” Where are you going? “No, Mommy.” “Don’t be fraid…don’t…
”But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” Acts 20:24
The plan was simple (wonderful even): hop on a trail we haven’t been on yet; walk a minute or two to a shady spot; eat some lunch; do some sketching of what we see. We had our sunscreen on. The cute lunch tote was full of goodies. I had the special sketching pencils and a…
Have you ever been able to see something that no one else could? I’m not talking about that imaginary friend you had in Kindergarten. I’m talking about being able to see something that God has promised you even when every one around you thinks you are crazy; something that incites a riot in other people’s…
Every year when April 9-18 rolls around, our family pauses to remember the week Ryan and I spent in Ethiopia in 2009. We celebrate Selah’s birthday, we remember her Gotcha Day, we touch base with our travel group, and we once again subject our Facebook followers to the videos I made to document Selah’s adoption…
Many of you know that last month my family and I moved from the Twin Cities to Las Vegas to plant Advance Church. We've found, though, that most people cannot see-let alone grasp-the enormity of what what we are believing God is going to accomplish through us here. That is to be expected because, truthfully,…
Many people want to know how we are doing a week into our Vegas residency, and all I can think to say is, “We’re playing hopscotch.” On Tuesday I walked Landon to his first day of kindergarten at Givens Elementary, and we were all smiles with sun on our shoulders and mountains in our view….
