My Story Along the Wandering Way birthed out of a season of transition. My family and I were serving overseas when the Lord began moving his cloud. We followed his leading to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2016. Moving from the field challenged my identity, purpose and belonging in new ways. For the first time I felt my future to be filled with darkness. Through books on transition, pilgrimage, and prayer I slowly moved forward. The…
“Faith is, at heart, the central relationship that gives meaning to our lives…”to Faith” is to hand over the direction of one’s journey to another (Jesus), to yield up ‘the illusion of control’ to someone who is essentially beyond our control, over whom we have no power.” Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls, by David G. Benner, quoting K. Dykman and L.P. Carroll It’s been awhile since I’ve shared aspects of my personal spiritual…
You are created by a God who calls Himself… Mighty, Love, Just, Righteous, Creative, Powerful, Gentle, Humble, Faithful, Honest, Trustworthy, Magnificent, Glorious, Rescuer, Strong, Shepherd, Healer, Worthy, Above all other gods, Patient, and Wise. The list goes on and remains limited only by our meager language. The point is, if God is the creator; whose existence is beyond description and absolutely extraordinary, and we are created in His very image, then logically we too bear…
You. Me. As Americans when we see the word pilgrim we immediately think of the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock and Thanksgiving all in association with a group of Puritan settlers in search of religious freedom. In other religious contexts we think of pilgrimages: a journey of one person to a holy place such as Jerusalem or Mecca—a sacred trip towards the holiest of places denying oneself of luxuries to find humility, truth and a spiritual experience.…
Like the prelude to each book of the Bible I must give grounds to who I am; a glimpse into my purpose. I find it difficult to describe myself. Mainly because I dislike the way in which we categorize people, label them into groups, subsection them off and compartmentalize our lives. We are more than what we do, where we’ve been, how high we scored on the SAT, what university we attended or didn’t and…
