IS THERE HOPE? Are you looking for good news?  If you watch TV or access your online news feed, you will see tragedy, destruction, calamity, and […]

SACRIFICIAL GIVING TO MISSIONS   When our daughter, Emily, was a preschooler she wanted to give something for missions.  All she had was a dime and […]

THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES When you take a child with you to the mission field, all sorts of funny things can happen. Looking at life–even strange […]

MOVING DAY, 1990s This is a church planter leaving the Baptist Seminary in Davao City, Philippines, around 1990, and going to his first church. His wife […]

SHOUT FOR JOY   This account comes from my husband Rick Mitchell. We enjoy it over and over, as Christians everywhere will understand it’s significance. After […]

WHAT’S IN YOUR LUMP?   Some lumps—like a lump of coal—are consumed until they are used up. Some lumps—like cancer—destroy the body. Some lumps—like leaven—are good […]

PANDEMIC OF HOPE 2021 Is there any hope in a pandemic? How can lock-downs, closure of churches and schools, job loss, poverty, hunger, illness, hospitalization, and […]