Recently, I have been pondering the topic of mental health and its perception within the church. This is a topic that is often on my mind. I have spent most of my life as a part of a church family and I have spent most of my professional life working in the field of mental health. Over the years, I have had a front-row seat to see the stigma that is attached to mental health, particularly within t...  Read More

Caught in a Storm…For me, reading a missionary biography is like the time I got caught sleeping outside in a storm.Laying in my hammock, I looked up at the clearest of night skies. Breathtaking. The stars, the Milky Way, all filled me with utter wonder and amazement. It was perspective-giving. I prayed, whispering over and over again, "All glory to God, ALL GLORY TO GOD." In that moment I trusted ...  Read More

What a sad title that is. We find this verse in 2 Chronicles 21:20 speaking of a king in the southern kingdom of Judah whose name was Jehoram. Jehoram was the son of a very good king, Jehoshaphat, who had ruled for 25 years. Jehoram's rule spanned only 8 years.We find the Lord's commentary on Jehoram, spoken through the prophet Elijah in 2 Chronicles 21:12-15:“This is what the Lord, the God of you...  Read More

Beacon Day Camp is fast approaching, and for nearly 50 of our teenagers, that means that they are about to be in full-steam preparation mode beginning this weekend! This Sunday is our first day camp training, and while some are well-experienced with years of day camp under their belt, many are attending a training for the first time, totally new to the counselor life! With this in mind, I thought ...  Read More

Last month we met with a small group of people discussing the topic of sharing our faith with others. It was a helpful class, especially interacting on struggles, mistakes, and what has been helpful. This area of our walk with the Lord, like so many others… is undergirded and really only possible through prayer. When a person comes to Christ, it’s first and foremost because the Holy Spirit is movi...  Read More

Lately it seems as if I’ve been having a similar conversation over and over. The conversation centers around anxiety. “How am I going to handle this illness? How are we going to pay this bill? What if the surgery goes poorly? What if our son continues with some bad choices? How will the marriage survive this latest stressor?”We all tend to have minds that kick in to overdrive, that play out worst ...  Read More