Journals
The Gift of Ordinary Faithfulness

This past week, I had the sacred responsibility of leading a memorial service for a dear saint from a church I once pastored. Before he passed, he made a simple …

It’s a new year! What does our future hold? We can tell you.

It’s a new year! What does our future hold?  We can tell you. We celebrated the new year’s entry in Vanga, with missionary colleagues Tim and Kathy Rice and our …

Remember those 30?

In our last update, we told you about 30 baptisms in the Druze area of Lebanon’s Chouf Mountains, people coming to faith in Christ, in a place where it doesn’t …

Young Adults Are Hearing God’s Call

At the end of December, a team of young adults traveled with International Ministries to Urbana, a missions conference designed to help Gen Z see what God is doing around the …

Is God Calling You to Long‑Term Global Service? Consider the WMC Discernment Track When Jesus looked at the crowds in Matthew 9:36–38, Scripture says His heart overflowed with compassion. He saw people who were “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd,” and He ...
God’s Special Possession

One of the surprising aspects of life in Italy has been the number of official documents required to live here. On any given day, we may need our codice fiscale …