My first visit to Suzdal, Russia was 15 years ago this summer, and my first thought when we arrived was "What I am doing here?" I had come with my fellow team members and a few translators, all exhausted from a week of camp and wandering the streets as foreign tourists.
Read MoreI struggled over this title. To Christians these four words conjure up a scene, a song, a promise so deep that there can be only one meaning. Yet I learned about something new last week that brings another beautiful color to its significance.
Read MoreHow do you measure if your efforts are successful? That’s a question we all think about, especially when we’re trying to be good stewards of the resources entrusted to us by God. Probably each of us has our own measure: for some it’s numbers, for others – its the ever difficult-to-measure quality-of-life.
Read More“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:37–39 Have you ever been blessed with the gift of good neighbors?
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