Counting the Cost # 9

In the book of Ecclesiastes, we are told there is a time for all things. Amidst what we read in Chapter 3 we see, “A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to be silent and a time to speak…” (vs. 3: 4, 7b) In recent days I have...

Counting the Cost # 10

I wrote a while back of an Impact Team arriving the end of December 2013. Many battles just to arrive. Many folks on the team fell sick throughout the week. Some were afraid. Some were near panic. Some did not understand. Some did not sleep or eat as they cared for...

Counting the Cost # 8

I have been enjoying re-reading the Gospel of John. Slowly. In the mindset of ‘meditation’ and not ‘speed-reading’! John 4:50 “Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way, your son lives.’ The man believed the word that Jesus spoke and he started off.” (Another translation says...

Counting the Cost # 7

I am re-reading (for about the 4th time) The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning. Trying to get permission from the publisher to share a handful of quotes from this incredible book! Other books that have touched me through the years: IN HIS STEPS; DARING TO DANCE...

Counting the Cost # 6

Imagine having paid about $3,000 in your desire to take a Mission trip to treat the physically sick. Now imagine, after said tickets are in your hand you receive word that no approval has been given to practice medicine upon your arrival. Imagine that you have enough...

Counting the Cost # 5

”Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed...