Once my eyes adjusted to the dim light, I glanced around Maria’s dark bedroom. Dirt floor; one naked lightbulb; adobe walls unadorned except for a coloring-book picture of an angel that she decorated at our recent Christmas party. As I took in the...

As I read through my notes for some teachings I thought were almost ready, my heart started to beat a bit faster while I glanced through the last one. Wow, I thought to myself. I’m not sure that this is deep enough. I’m going to have to do this on...

As we prepared to move overseas, it didn't help that the first question everyone asked after hearing about our plan was, "Are you taking your children?" What did people think we were going to do? Leave them with grandparents? Board them in a kenne...

I sat in a church that was new to me, in a country that was new to me, listening to people speak and sing and pray in a language that was new to me. And it was warm. Very warm. Unfortunately, I had chosen to sit in the middle of the room, far from...