According to news this week, the extreme safety measures put into place around the world during the pandemic have saved an estimated 3.1 million lives across 11 European countries, including 500,000 in the United Kingdom. They have also prevented an estimated 60 million coronavirus cases in the U.S. One of them could have been mine […]

For the past couple of weeks, my family has been helping me prepare my gardens for summer. Truth be told, I’m not a great gardener, but having grown up on a farm, I find the wellbeing of my soul is tied to how much time I spend near the soil. So every year since we […]

In 1832 a small vessel, the Messenger of Peace, anchored off Manu’a, an island in the South Pacific. Aboard was John Williams, a British evangelist whose mission was to share the gospel with islanders, many of whom had little contact with passing ships. As Williams’ ship neared shore, several canoes rowed out to meet it. […]

Last week, I climbed in the passenger seat of our minivan and strapped in my seatbelt as my 17-year-old daughter, Lydia, slid behind the wheel. Not normally one for thrill rides, I leave most student-driving lessons to my husband, Dana. But I was on a mission. One month before, I’d ordered 50 pounds of fresh-ground […]

In times of uncertainty, it is often hard to know how to pray. Does prayer even make a difference? And if so, how do I know whether God is listening? For direction, I look to Jesus, who often went off alone by himself to pray. If Jesus thought prayer was important, then I should probably […]

Mercy – the one word I find myself repeatedly praying this week. Lord, have mercy. Have mercy on our medical workers and migrants and people living in refugee resettlement camps. Have mercy on the poorest of the poor who live without doctors in the developing world. Have mercy on our government officials and grocery store […]

She came into their family as an infant, after spending the first months of her life in a hospital. They nursed her through life-threatening medical conditions and loved her like their own for nearly three years, all while knowing that they might not be able to keep her – because that’s what you do when […]

There’s nothing quite like reading a book about a true event on the anniversary of when it took place. That’s what happened this week as I was reading Janet and Geoff Benge’s biography, “Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer,” with my family. Here was a Pennsylvania kid who used his love of flying […]