I met 16-year-old Juan while leading a pastor's seminar. He sat on the front row with his dad, one of…
Wise men. There's a lot of beautiful mystery in the story of the magi. I picture camel hooves sponging a…
Editor's note: While you're overseas, there's a 100% chance you will at some point be baffled by either the size…
A global-worker friend from Nepal sent me a Marco Polo recently. She described a day of local handymen installing appliances…
It was December 24th, but I was the only person out shopping that night thinking about stocking stuffers. I ran down…
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Rebecca Hopkins’ blog, Borneo Wife, when she and her husband served in Indonesia.…
When my kids were learning to swim, they loved the thrill of jumping from the edge of the pool into…
It's a cautionary tale for any of us. (Sometimes "good missions" is defined by what not to do.) Barbara Kingsolver's…
I watched her eyes redden, moisture collecting at their edges. "No one told me how lonely this would be," she…
. By Anonymous Perhaps in moving overseas, even possibly working with Christians for the first time, hope fills your sails.…