As we wander in transition Learn by Paradox

Letting Go Without Control: Leaving China

I am not much of an adventurist. I don’t take many risks and honestly, I’m scared of more than I’d like to admit. I don’t ski because I fear heights. To ski, you have to jump off the lift to go down the mountain. I can never let go. I’d rather ride the lift around until I accidentally plop into a mound of snow. In summary, anything involving letting go without control is not my…

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As we wander in transition

Rising Anew

Making all things new The time to leave China arrived. As a person of imagery, the only picture in my spirit was darkness. A girl standing on a path unlit and shadowed. Where did the light unto my path go? Where do I go?  I thought I’d be in China for years to come, but God’s holy flame that guided my calling and life began moving. Like the Israelites, who followed the cloud by day…

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Guest pilgrims sharing their story

Airports

by Sue  I don’t like airports. In fact, I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say I’m afraid of them. This is rather unfortunate because, being a missionary, I’m left to face my fear on many occasions. It’s strange, but my baggage always seems heavier in an airport. And I don’t mean my suitcase. In the airport all sorts of feelings of anxiety, loss and loneliness seem to ooze out, my mental zips unable to…

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