You’re single and you want to be married. There’s just one problem: Ms. or Mr. Right hasn’t come along. It’s a common story and one that I experienced personally throughout my 20s and into my early 30s. After graduating from Bible college and moving to a new city for my first job, I assumed I’dContinue reading “Till You Marry”
Category Archives: hope
Where Death Cannot Go
When I was 5 years old, I was present in the home of a family friend when he died from lung cancer. My mother and I used to stop at his house after school to check in on the family and offer help while he was on hospice. I’d watch a movie and my momContinue reading “Where Death Cannot Go”
The Pot That Cannot Be Broken
On a street not far from where I live, there’s a pottery studio with an attractive little storefront that displays beautiful clay works for sale by local artisans. Now, let’s imagine that you and I are in this little shop browsing and admiring the craftmanship, when suddenly in walks a grim-faced man wielding a baseballContinue reading “The Pot That Cannot Be Broken”
Peace in Every Confinement
Only after I got out of the hospital and went home was I hit with the cold facts of my paralysis. Doorways were too narrow. Sinks were too high. My knees hit the edge of the dining table. A plate of food was placed before me, but my hands were limp and useless. Someone else—atContinue reading “Peace in Every Confinement”
Is It Time to Pop the Question?
If I could go back and make myself read one article when I was 17, 18, or even 21, I think it might be this one. I would want to try to expand and reframe my naive ideas about dating, romance, and marriage. I would want to lay out a map for making wiser, moreContinue reading “Is It Time to Pop the Question?”
Crossing the Waters
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.” (Isaiah 43:2 NLT) In 2004, the shoreline of my beloved and beautiful country, Sri Lanka, was devastated by a horrifying and massive tsunami. The destruction caused in just a few minutes was unimaginable,Continue reading “Crossing the Waters”
I Escaped Occultism
For years, I was heavily involved in practicing New Age occultism. But in 2017, my life was unexpectedly transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since then, my eyes have been opened to the false doctrines I once held and the danger they pose for those who follow them. Whether you’re a follower of NewContinue reading “I Escaped Occultism”
You Don’t Understand but You Will
Jesus spoke many profound and important words to his disciples the night before his crucifixion. But there’s one statement we might easily pass over, because of the context in which he made it. Yet it is loaded with personal meaning for each of us who follows him: What I am doing you do not understandContinue reading “You Don’t Understand but You Will”
One Year Later in Moscow
The first week after Russia began “special military operations” in Ukraine, Russian pastor Evgeny Bakhmutsky couldn’t sleep. “The first week, I was crying every day in my prayers,” he said. “If I could go to the Kremlin or the Red Square and do anything to stop it, I would. . . . I know GodContinue reading “One Year Later in Moscow”
Three Stories of Hope
“The world — or at least our culture — is going to Hell on a greased firemen’s pole” seems self-evident. Take a straight-line extrapolation of deplorable trends, add a few Bible texts and how can it be otherwise? But history is always unpredictable because the Lord of history is unpredictable. “For my thoughts are notContinue reading “Three Stories of Hope”
Intentional Faith 