I’ve long loved the look of watercolor painting and wished I could do it myself. Seeing a friend share some of her beginning watercolor...

When I was going through the hard time I wrote about a few weeks ago–which felt a bit like a long season of Advent waiting–one of the...

Foreigners in China have a phrase, “this is China,” sometimes abbreviated T.I.C.  It is usually used to describe situations that don’t go...

During Advent, I spent time with two of my favorite Biblical characters: Zechariah and Elizabeth.  This was an ordinary Israelite couple...

Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like...

Faithful God, I’m waiting, wondering, hoping, working. When life seems foggy, and I can’t se through the haze, Help me to wait hopefully,...