A missionary’s life – like mine – is well-documented.  For over thirty years we sent out three or four newsletters annually. This week I have been perusing some of those letters, writing a history of camping ministry in Bolivia for the 50th anniversary celebration coming up in July. And at the same time I started … Continue reading Time After Time →

Have you ever had a formal mentor? Someone who would sit down with you regularly, to talk about things that matter? Someone who wants to know your life’s priorities and to help you keep them? Someone who asks under-the-surface questions and gives thoughtful homework and puts you on their lifelong prayer list? Someone who makes … Continue reading Mentor →

Have you seen the film "Greatest Showman"? I watched it twice last week, once on the plane and again with Jake. I haven’t enjoyed a musical so much since those classics: "Hello, Dolly!" "My Fair Lady" "Sound of Music." Songs from those productions are still recorded in my memory, and I have a feeling a … Continue reading Never Be Enough →

I was sitting at the airport gate for my home-going flight, Mexico to North Carolina. I had looked forward to this Mexico trip for almost a year. And now it was over. My mind felt clogged with a horde of emotions and images and memories and I was trying to do some inner housekeeping. It … Continue reading Plan B →