April 16, 2019
When I lived in Eastern Europe, all of us single women missionaries shared a secret. We’d tell each other stories involving this secret. If we had to do something scary and alone, such as cross an unfriendly border carrying contraband materials or travel to a train station in a seedy part of the city at […]
Read More →December 16, 2014
Shepherds herd sheep. They gently tend to their sick or wounded sheep while simultaneously leading the ones trying to go their own way with a firm hand. They defend their flock from predators. They nurture the babies. Normally, whenever an unblemished lamb is born, the responsibility falls on shepherds to spread the news that there’s […]
Read More →December 10, 2014
The other day, lyrics I heard on the radio on my drive into work kept replaying in my mind: Mary, did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters? Did you know that your baby boy has […]
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