Conversations
We find connection as women. Over cups of tea or a meal, we can converse for hours. Sharing about our lives, our joys and our disappointments.
As for me and my house
“Why would you be surprised that your children are willing to serve in hard places?”
From one woman to another
She also told me how a woman’s purity affects her prayer and fasting. My friend is not able to pray or fast during her menstrual cycle. This is so different to me.
Taking a back seat
Stumbling out of the train in pitch darkness, I’m bundled unceremoniously into a rickshaw. “Don’t show your face. Don’t speak. Keep your head down.” Arriving at our destination, I’m rushed inside. Three days later, I have full-on cabin fever. Frequent requests for a walk are politely declined: “It’s not safe.”
Learning from women
How would I, as a follower of Jesus, have a meaningful conversation with this woman?
Abi’s Story
"From my experience, her chance of surviving would indeed require a miracle." Be encouraged by God's work in response to his people's prayers.
Of Cars and Karma
A Buddhist friend in Australia asked for my help in buying a used car. He was frustrated after several unsuccessful attempts, disappointed and baffled by the experience; after all, he had done nothing particularly bad in his life. For a Buddhist, the law of karma means that bad deeds result in bad consequences, so why him?
God the Master Craftsman
Before I headed off as an On Tracker for four months, I was told that the experience would change my life. I smiled and nodded; it was just for four months…
God shaped me for this
The plane took off and, full of nervous energy, trepidation and excitement, I felt like I was flying to Neverland. For the first time in my life I was headed somewhere totally foreign. Four weeks before, I hadn’t even heard of this country, tucked deep in Central Asia. But that’s how God works sometimes – He brings surprises, a turn of events, the intercession of His children, to break our focus on the earthly, refocus on the eternal and point the way to something unknown. When the seatbelt light turned off, it signified a break from the safety of my culture and my lifestyle.
A Christmas Prayer for Kings
A prayer reflection
Ambassadors of love
His face brightened as he realised that God is good and would look after him.
Earthquake recovery in Nepal
Getting relief to the villages in the north meant negotiating access to scarce helicopter transport, or long, dangerous road journeys to drop-off points to which affected families walked, sometimes for days.
An ongoing creation
I yearn for a fruitful life, where I know my purpose and can see God working through me in tangible ways. The problem is that my life doesn’t exactly look like that at the moment. Right now I don’t ‘do’ very much at all.
Fearless, generous hospitality
Hope in the powerful name of Jesus is light in darkness—it breaks the bonds of fear.
Serving our country
For us as a family, life is taking a different pace.
The best place to be
Can you imagine being woken up by the orchestral sounds of birds, indigenous music and singing, and fervent prayers at 5am every morning? I lay on a hard wooden bed in a simple hut in rural Asia and was deeply touched by the presence of God.
Splashing over
"And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you just as it does from us to you." 1 Thess 3:13
Seeing the invisible
First impressions can be deceiving. As I started to get to know the women here, I began to understand that they are only “invisible” if we do not take the time to see them.
The problem of snakebite
“Can we find out more about snakes?” That request from our physician consultant started me on an unexpected journey.
The gift of ‘home’
How can comfortable cushions and couches demonstrate love to those living as refugees?
