God is My Pilot
Remember the bumper sticker: “God is my co-pilot”? While well-intended, it misses the mark. If we’re in the pilot seat, we’re bound to veer off course. Letting God lead is the only way to navigate life’s journey successfully. Better said is “Jesus, take the wheel!” A Co-Pilot is not in charge! By saying God is…
You Are Now Entering Your Mission Field
My two youngest grandsons are in Gitega, Burundi Africa with the Mission SOS team for nine days. Each day they go out in teams to share the love and good news of Jesus, and invite people to a nightly festival where the Gospel is shared and people are being healed, delivered, and baptized. I know…
How Deep is Your Well?
I sure like it when I can just keep rollin’ on! This blog was inspired by yesterday’s blog where I spoke of our mission fields being right where we are at any given moment. It’s the one-foot square of humble, sacred earth beneath our feet. In other words, where we are is our mission field.…
Our Mission is Possible Wherever We Are
Before I was asked to be on a panel at the SHE women’s event, I was asked to lead a Life Group weekly. Before I was asked to lead a Life Group, I served on the “Dream Team” of volunteers to welcome people into church. My “yeses” opened the door to speak at the larger…
Happy October 1st, Vegans or Not, Everywhere!
I was awakened this morning by the glorious sound of Fall rain which I call “A beautiful day in the neighborhood”! Except for Austin, TX where the heat has flourished in the upper 90s, this rain tells me it’s time to get out our sweaters and light jackets! The glorious Autumn days are just ahead!…
The Darker the Night, the More Crucial our Light
I stay away from crime shows or just about anything “dark” in nature. Well, up until the last three weeks and I have been in binge mode as I watched the LIVE proceedings of a quadruple homicide in a small town in North Dakota. My cousin who calls me Auntie Donna is North Dakota’s Assistant…
When You’re a Hugger and Encourager
That’s me. I come from a family of huggers. So, throw me into a world of social distancing and stay-at-home orders and I’m really uncomfortable. Actually, my heart aches for our world that needs a good dose of love, compassion, understanding and HUGS. Let’s get the truth out there. God, the greatest of all lovers…
A Summer That Changes Everything
I’ll always have fond memories of the missions’ trips our family took because those trips changed everything about the way we viewed what we had, and what we may not have had. It’s a culture shock to see how other people live who are not afforded the conveniences, the comfort and the many blessings we…
You Are Now Entering Your Mission Field
I heard the story of someone who had such a heartfelt desire to open a Food Pantry, but it seemed door after door slammed for his great and worthwhile idea. Then he heard someone say “Why are you waiting on all the right answers and all the right buildings and all the right team? Why…
You Are Now Entering Your Mission Field
Day 244 of Photo Inspirations — You Are Now Entering Your Mission Field I was ALMOST booked to go on a missions trip to Korea and China in November with an amazing organization called Voice of China & Asia that is doing such an incredible work through their Bible ministry to the poorest of rural…