Volunteer agreements…team dinners…event hosting…an internship program…the ideas kept coming. “I can do this!” I thought. “My gifts can really help this ministry!” 

“I can plod,” said William Carey, the father of modern missions. “That is my only genius. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.” 

Alone. Webster defines the word as “separated from others; isolated.” 

It was a time of transition. Our daughter was graduating, we were moving, and ministry was in high gear. For weeks I was waking earlier than normal, battling headaches and heartburn. My neck and shoulders were hurting. As a counselor, I knew the s...