Elias AmidonElizabeth J. RobertsElias Amidon and Elizabeth Roberts, eds., Life Prayers: From around the World: 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey (New York: HarperCollins, 1996), 115.
We have served in frontier locations (Egypt, Sudan, Israel) for the last 15+ years. We have made it this far by the grace of the Lord and your continued prayers, friendship, and giving. Our next assignment shifts us from the focus of one country to those currently serving in 24 countri...
My last blog post, “Time to Wake Up,” addressed how what we think consciously and believe subconsciously affects how we act and react to the world around us, and how our thoughts can directly influence our future. This principle, nowadays called “The Law of Attraction (LOA),” has actu...
Meet one church leader bringing the hope of Jesus ‘We wanted to make the resurrection come alive for our children’ 28 March 2024By Lucy Simpson Jono and Lucy started cooking meals from around the world and praying for other countries with their kids. Now, they’ve developed The Fisherman’...
We rush about anxious, agitated, and oh so busy. Our plans and prayers are ill-conceived and sloppy. Our eyes are raised too high. We are occupied with ambitious desires. We presume to be absorbed in things too marvelous for us.
Also I have come across a beautiful girl who was crying and breaking up with someone on the phone one night in Hongkong, as well as the strong and talktive elder on top of Mountain Tai and the devoted prayers around the wheel in Shangri-La. All the people I have have ran into are ...
Kateri did not experience martyrdom herself, her witness and prayers had a profound impact on the Haudenosaunee Catholics of Caughnawaga, deepening their commitment to the Catholic faith. Kateri Tekakwitha’s journey to sainthood is a fascinating tale that intertwines Native American and Catholic ...
I sit at my window this morning where the world like a passer-by stops for a moment, nods to me and goes. 17 这些微(风思),是树叶的簌簌之声呀;它们在我的心里欢悦地微语着。 There little thoughts are the rustle of leaves; t...
when my first daughter was around a year and a half old. Some of you may recall it. Lines from this piece began coming back to me this fall. I think it is a lullaby worth hearing again. May you find comfort here and deep assurance in the steadfast love of the One Who Is Greater ...
JOSEPHINE BAKHITA: FROM SLAVERY TO SAINTHOOD To watch the YouTube video, click arrow in thumbnail below: The inspiring and unforgettable story of the slave who became a saint began around 1869, when she was born in a village in Darfur called Olgossa. It was located on the southern edge of...