Never thought I’d quote a line from the 1939 Gene Autry song, but “I’m back in the saddle again!” After much of the summer spent in sabbatical rest, it…
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Lengthen and Strengthen
In Isaiah 54 God instructs us to spread out our tent, to lengthen our cords and strengthen our tent stakes. As school begins, I see multiple Facebook posts from…
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Letters of Love
There are those people who cross your path and leave you changed forever. They can pass for a moment or for a season, but the impact is the same….
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In The Heart of the Refugee Crisis
You know there are many things I love about PI, but I think each trip I take I cherish the stories of how God is using PI students to…
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Sabbath Comes
I know you’ve heard this before but I stand amazed at what the Lord Jesus Christ is doing with this tiny group of individuals known as Prepare International around…
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Gathering the Slippery Stone of Time
Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping . . . (a line in an old song). During transition time is critical and time seems to always be slipping, slipping away….
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The Language of Play
I love kids!!! They are my tutors of how to live life in the Kingdom of God. In Matthew 18:4, Jesus says, “Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like…
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Gathering Stones: It’s a Diamond
There are so many other stones that I have collected for the Alter of Remembrance. A friend told me that she saw the makings of a book in the…
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Step Out of the Traffic
Here I was in Kauai, Hawaii, one of the most peaceful places on earth and there was traffic in my soul. I tried to disguise my unrest, but of…
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From Empty Arms to Making God Smile
Soon after Randy and I were married, I became pregnant. Due to some wrong responses from us to some events at the church that we were on staff at…
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Same Song (Empty Arms), Second Verse (His Kindness Leads to Repentance)
DISCLAIMER: This is ‘my’ testimony about the loss of ‘our’ baby and what God said to ‘me’. I believe that God uses what happened to me as a clear picture of…
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Bringing the Waves of Hawaii Home to the Desert of Texas for 2017!
Kauai met Randy and me with 18-23 foot waves on the North Shore. These waves boasted of unrelenting crashing of ominous power, beauty, and deafening rolls of thunder. We…