5/19 ((from Steph)) The first scripture I ever memorized was Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” I was in 10th grade, and although I cannot say for certain, I’d assume my choosing…

5/18 ((from Brittany)) “My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so I say, ‘My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord.’ Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call…

5/17 ((from Megan)) Not so long ago when I delivered my babe, when we welcomed a little parade of celebrating friends through our hospital room, there was a sobering and joyful thing that I noticed. Three of my sister-friends who came to hold my little squish had come at high cost to their own grief….

5/16 ((from Natalie)) I’m exhausted today.  Just totally dried up by my mothering responsibilities and I’m sitting here trying to conjure up some inspirational words to dispense to you. I’m past deadline for my post and I’ve scrapped multiple attempts to grab at something meaningful, worthwhile, or hope-filled. My most honest self is trying to…

5/15 ((from Kate))   Greetings from Ireland my dear friends! I am sitting in a teensy internet cafe that requires tokens to log on. It’s almost 2am here in this hostel in Belfast where I’ve slept the last half-dozen nights on a bottom bunk. People keep asking why I came here. People kept asking before…

5/14 ((from Abbie)) Evangelism was a strange concept to me until a couple of years ago. Being a millennial, I grew up in a world where evangelism was stamped with disapproval and equated with flimsy tracts. “They will know us by our love,” was what ran through my mind often, and while absolutely and 100%…

5/13 ((from Eve)) Evangelism. We all have a reaction to that one little word. What’s yours? Fear? Excitement? Anxiety? Heartache? Joy? A strange cocktail of emotions that you can’t put your finger on? I’m a pastor’s kid, which means that I’ve heard the word “evangelism” for just about as long as I can remember. And fortunately,…

5/12 ((from Steph)) “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16 Last fall I had the incredible opportunity to travel in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul. Traveling throughout many of…

5/11 ((from Brittany)) As a lifelong believer, I have taken my fair share of evangelism classes. They started in my youth group years with passionate evangelists wearing t-shirts complete with Jesus quips designed to compel us to become fishers of men. Then in my college and seminary days, I learned all sorts of strategies and…

5/10 ((from Megan))  “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 Jason and I started intensive language study as soon as we arrived in Japan. From the…

5/9 ((from Natalie)) Someone recently described me as being “painfully shy” as a kid. If I remember the context correctly, I think she coupled her remarks with complimentary surprise that by adulthood, I had found my way out of my shell. To be honest, I grieved a little bit to hear that my shyness had…

5/8 ((from Kate)) I was mortified the other day when someone asked for my last name. If they knew my last name they might find out who my father is. Martin, as in Dr. Martin. It was really really embarrassing, so I said nothing. I changed the subject with some sort of small talk about…