For years, fresh flowers felt too temporary to justify. But through music, writing, and the beauty of ordinary things, Angelynn reflects on the extravagant love of God and the freedom to give without needing every gift to be practical.

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

I thought I was moving up in the level of "Missionary." You know, after seven years, you have experienced the heartache of rejection.