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…
Family, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Lengthen and Strengthen
Lengthen and Stregthen 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…
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Letters of Love
Significant People 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…
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In The Heart of the Refugee Crisis
God is Using PI You know there are many things I love about PI. With each trip I take, I cherish the stories of how God is using PI…
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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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It’s a Diamond: Gathering Stones
Gathering 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…
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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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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…