"Set your mind on things above...." How can we do that day to day? What impact will doing so have on our lives? I don't know about you, but this week, my mind is full of things. All the things. My kids at school. My friends in Kenya. Happy circumstances. Sad ones. Things I don't know how to handle; others I don't want to. My mind races, ...
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Lessons from the Life of a Missionary
Life lessons from the Apostle Paul - where do we even begin? There are so many to choose from! Today, we'll look at four lessons from his life that we find in the first chapter of Philippians. The Apostle Paul. How to describe him? I can think of one way: completely sold out. Whatever he did, he did with confidence, conviction and complete focus on the ...
Holy Hospitality: Opening Your Home & Heart to Others
Do you struggle to practice hospitality? I know I do sometimes. 1 Peter 4:9 tells us to "offer hospitality to one another without grumbling." But how can we do it? Read on to find out! "Wakati wa chai (Time for tea)," I would say as I walked through the door of our organization's regional office. Holding roasted maize or pastries and looking forward to ...
Does God really speak to people?
Do you believe that God speaks to and through his people? I do, and I'd love to tell you why. Recently, I wrote a post about 5 Christian Blogs that Will Encourage Your Heart and Strengthen Your Faith. In it, I made the statement, "God doesn't just speak to his people. He speaks through his people." Those words were tweeted a few times, and someone on Twitter asked me to demonstrate the fact ...