A couple of events in recent months have caused us to be mindful of the risks we face every day. When we are enjoying our backyard banana trees, or our frontyard swimming pool, it’s easy to ignore the “dangers” lurking in the cries for help around us. And then we hear another story that reminds […]
Jealousy – Part 2
Each Saturday, I am going to post about something I’ve been studying in Scripture. This is the second of a series of posts delving into the topic of jealousy. In the first, I outlined how jealousy starts with fear, leads to anger, and eventually to some pretty destructive sin. Let’s look at the relationship between […]
Jealousy – Part 1
This is the first in a series of Saturday posts about dealing with jealousy, based on a talk I gave to high school students about this destructive emotion. Moving to another culture can make you feel a whole slew of things you might not have even known existed in your emotional vocabulary. Often, when new […]
Gladys Aylward
“I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China… I don’t know who it was… It must have been a man… a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing, and God looked down and saw Gladys Aylward… And said – “Well, she’s willing.” – Gladys Aylward