My husband and I recently traveled with my mom to wild, wonderful West Virginia for an Ashby family reunion. We had a marvelous time. I...

It’s that season again. November rolls into town, and it’s time to make a shopping list of creative gifts for the special people in your...

“In nineteenth-century France, disgruntled workers developed a subversive tactic that involved throwing a shoe into a factory machine,...

For the past couple of weeks, I have been studying the life of Joseph. The several chapters in Genesis devoted to Joseph are very...

A synonym for the word resistance is opposition. We live in a world that often opposes the things of God. The Bible tells us that...

A pseudonym is a name someone uses instead of his or her real name, especially in written work. (Cambridge English Dictionary) The...

My favorite door style is the “cross and bible.” In high school, I volunteered as a tour guide for a local museum. A couple of times a...

Years ago, Robert Kelly and Darian Morgan wrote a song called “The Snake.” The song tells the story of an innocent woman, who, while...

In July, my husband and I, along with 200 plus kindergarteners through 4th graders, celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. Our ministry...

In 2008, Shane Nicolson and Kasey Chambers, an Australian couple, wrote and recorded the song “Rattlin’ Bones.” The music is haunting....

At the age of fifteen, I went on my first mission trip. I traveled with a group from my local church to Bemidji, Minnesota, where we...

“Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those...

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ― Brandon Sanderson I recently...

It is common where we live in South Africa to see a business of mongoose. A group of such animals is called a “business” because of the...

“From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me in a large place.” (Psalm 118:5) A couple of Sundays ago, we...

While visiting the home of a new friend, Mpho noticed several children’s books sitting on a worn table in the living room. The books were...

Our ministry recently hosted a children’s outreach in one of the villages. Close to 100 children participated ranging in age from two to...

“Emie stood to her feet. ‘Rudy!’ she yelled. ‘I’m sorry.’ He turned back toward her and without thinking, she blew him a kiss. Rudy ran...

This past week has been very difficult. Offey, a seven month old baby girl, passed away. She was born two months premature and had...

For the past year or so, our ministry has been working each week in one of the semi-rural villages of South Africa. One of the ladies,...