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Sanctified by the Power of God I am thankful that our sanctification is in the hands of the Almighty God. Sanctification may be a confusing term since the Bible and church are the only places we hear it. Sanctification is the process of a follower of Christ becoming more and more like Him in character. We can’t […]

Learning language and studying culture is like Swiss cheese. That’s right. The learning process is full of holes. Years of immersion and hundreds, even thousands, of hours of studying can still result in an incomplete understanding of what people are saying and thinking. These “holes” in my understanding of culture and language will be normal. Here in Paraguay I […]

THankful THirteenTH Travel is not just familiar, but comfortable. Between moves and vacations I’ve done my share of traveling. Living in three states prior to graduating high school was great preparation. There was even a year we called the “Gypsy Year” because we had a home in one state but spent more of our time […]

Every spring when I was growing up my church held a mission’s conference. It was one of my favorite weeks of the year and I particularly looked forward to the Sunday afternoon kid’s program. I collected every prayer card I could get my hands on and was fascinated by all their stories and experiences. I […]

THankful THirteenTH Today I’m thankful for God’s silence. This is something  I never would have considered apart from listening to Tullian Tchividjian’s sermon series on Job. I’ll attempt to summarize Tchividjian’s acute observations from God’s silence in Job’s life. Job 6:8-10 “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, that it would please […]

THankful THirteenTH Birthdays, a common occasion for celebration, and certainly a reason to thank God. This week I’ve had the privilege of celebrating two friends’ birthdays with them. Birthdays remind us of God’s gift of life, another year He has given us, and the hope of a year to come. They signify the time we have with one another. We have […]