In April, I had the privilege of coming up with a creative team building project for the BIC U.S. World Missions office staff of which I am a part. “A church for every people; The gospel to every person;A mission from every church; Jesus worshipped in the nations.” BIC U.S. World Missions vision When each member brings their unique individuality to the team and to the work we do together, it’s a very beautiful thing.Read More →

A Praising Song There is space for you at A Praising Song – Recess With Jesus’s Bible Journaling Workshop on October 17. Baby black bears and purple mums are among the brand new original images that you will receive when you attend. I am pretty excited to share those! There is already a good group of ladies registered for both morning and evening and it would be great to have you there as well! Preregistration is requested and closes 24 hours before each workshop so that I can be well prepared. Tuesday, October 17 10 – 11:30 AM & 6 – 7:30 PM at LifeWayRead More →

serendipity noun ser·en·dip·i·ty \ˌser-ən-ˈdi-pə-tē\ : the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not looked for; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way I just really love that the kids’ definition of “serendipity” calls it a “gift.” And that’s what this is. Once upon a long time ago, scrapbookers came up with the idea of using up scraps of paper to make little squares of awesomeness to use on their scrapbook pages. With a couple of hours of kind of mindless work, a thrifty crafter could clean up a pile of hard to throw away scraps! Those new sheetsRead More →

Sixteen years ago! It’s hard to believe it’s already so many years ago that our family spent six and a half months in pre-mission-field training. The first, very long two months of our training were spent in Valley City, North Dakota, living in a college dorm with our family. The last four months were spent in Waxhaw, North Carolina. It was such a loooong six and a half months. But also a nice, long time to learn more about God’s love and faithfulness! Not long after, I wrote the following story in a newsletter… The fall of 1997 at JAARS in Waxhaw, NC was aRead More →

Hiding in, clinging to, learning to absolutely delight in God’s Word… I have found so much peace and comfort in this. One of the ways I have clung is to hand-write Scripture on pretty tags. After I made two sets of twenty-five tags for gifts I decided I needed one as well. Part of the joy was handwriting the verses! This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.” Psalm 119:50Read More →