Establishing Healthy Rhythms in the Midst of Chaos
By Brittany Burton
Regardless of whether your kids go to public or private school or if you've always homeschooled, all of us are entering a season that is unprecedented due to COVID-19. Most likely you have been bombarded by lists of resources, digital learning platforms, Instagram live sessions, etc. that you can fill your time with while your children are home from school. I’m so glad that many online companies are offering their services free of charge. Being the homebody that I am, I could easily sit and take course after course, catch up on ...
A Tiny Micro-Organism Can Stop the World!
Written by Scott Brinson, presented in his newsletter dated September 2001
I believe the lesson Jesus would have us learn whenever we’re confronted with unexpected and often explainable events that cause us to hurt and to grieve and to ask why, is this: Rather than focusing on the circumstances themselves and speculating about what may have caused them or what could have been done to prevent them, realize that God is far more interested in our response to the situation than in our understanding the reasons for it. His desire is for us to say, “Fath...
BibleProject: Ancient Teaching Meets Modern Visuals
By Nathaniel Miller
Almost 3 years ago, I was reading a website I frequent called The Rabbit Room. I am already thinking I should write something about this incredible community, but I digress. On this particular visit, I came across an article by Heidi Johnston that briefly highlighted BibleProject, an animation studio in Portland, Oregon (https://rabbitroom.com/2017/05/the-bible-project/). Having never heard of them, I decided to watch some of their videos. I was blown away at both the level of biblical teaching and the beautiful artistry of ...
Levels of Flexibility
By Erin Miller, Team #11
For me, being flexible is very important. I didn’t realize it until recently but I am constantly needing to be flexible. I am not talking about when you exercise. I am talking about when your plans change without warning and you have roll with it. Whether it means fixing something for dinner at the last minute or changing plans most of the day, due to a change in weather–all types of flexibility are important and the better you are with change, the better you will be with spur of the moment kind of things. It is just part of ...
Reality of a Missionary Prayer Life
By Maria VanDerDecker
Prayer has been difficult lately. You know, we all have those days when our prayer life isn't what we want it to be. Or those weeks, or months (or, to be honest, a whole year). Me too. Now before you freak out because this is your missionary saying this, let me assure you, I'm a real person too. If we could dispel that “missionaries are super-spiritual” myth, that'd be great. Prayer is hard sometimes for missionaries too.
I have a good friend who knows I struggle with prayer sometimes. She does too. And we both encourage ...
