There’s been a lot of lamenting lately. A lingering sadness that teeters on complaining and discontent. Instead of seeing what is, I am inclined to see what is lacking.

Her face blended into the setting: a dingy storefront dirtied by ash fallen day after day in the volcano-laden San Jose, Costa Rica....

Shortly after arriving in Barranquilla, the girls were still in that golden age of making bird feeders, birdhouses, and fairy gardens.

When we became missionaries five years ago, Joel and I were in our late 30s. Joel is an entrepreneur and I have had quite a few different...

I have a serious problem, I thought to myself as the cat food slid from my arms down past the ketchup, rice, stalks of celery, and cherry...

I had really good pregnancies. No complications. However, I remember being able to feel weakness so keenly. I could feel my body not only...

The sun was peaking through the palms and shining on the bunch of bananas like a spotlight. I had separated myself from the group of...