Mountains to Move: Slithering Deception and Doubt

Broken relationships between men and women exist in every society throughout the world. But Jesus, through His crucifixion and resurrection, can redeem and restore these relationships. Relationships between men and women shattered in Genesis 3 at the Fall. Thus,...

Mar 23, 2022 | 5 min read

Mountains to Move: Independence vs. God’s Presence

Mar 23, 2022 | 4 min read

Retreating from Battle or Remaining in the Fight?

On this sad day of leaderless leaving (31 Aug 2021), I (Leslie) reflected back to 25+ years ago.I stood on a rooftop in South Asia. The moonlight outlined the mountains surrounding the 100% Muslim city (at 11pm all the city lights blinked out). I was there serving...

Aug 31, 2021 | 3 min read

Overcoming… Lockdowns, Boils, Disasters

You all have heard for years about the growth and expansion of 10/40’s house ch. planting across a nation with limited access. Hope you enjoy a little deeper understanding of some praises and trials over the last few months. See if you notice biblical parallels...

Mar 5, 2021 | 4 min read

Consider… Straight and Align

“Her spine is now exposed, and dissection will begin.” With that phone call from the operating room, our daughter’s surgery took on new and deeper meaning. A heavy compulsion came upon us to pray in a different way than is “normal” when you have a child in...

Jan 6, 2021 | 8 min read

Social…yes. Justice…maybe not!

To be JUST you must be Right; to be RIGHT you must be Just.… Any “social justice” that does not reflect God’s holiness is shallow justice!Years ago, we lived in Cairo, Egypt - the land of ancient pharaohs and kings. From the roof of our apartment we could just...

Aug 3, 2020 | 4 min read

Playground or Battleground?

When you think of the world, do you consider it a playground or a battleground? When you wake up, do you immediately put on spiritual armor and prepare your heart and mind for action? Or do you check your social media, read news, turn on the television, or just get...

Jul 6, 2020 | 4 min read

Imitate Jesus In COVID-19

Recently we read in 1 John, “In this world we are like Jesus” (1 John 4:17b). The phrase stopped us. We looked at, chewed on, and meditated on “we are like Jesus.” It struck us as both a phrase of encouragement and a word of challenge. Who are you like? Am I...

Apr 27, 2020 | 3 min read

LIO – 26 Spiritual Warfare 4

Welcome back to Part 4 in our series on Spiritual Warfare! In this episode we share a strange/interesting spiritual warfare story from a few years back, and learn about “spiritually cleaning” a house or hotel room.We dig into the spiritual armor,...

Mar 31, 2020 | 1 min read

Hygiene of the Heart

In the midst of the coronavirus, we have loved seeing the tangible acts of kindness and hope. Our hearts swelled when we saw Italians singing from their balconies. Tears came to our eyes when cars in a hospital parking lot flickered their lights as they prayed...

Mar 30, 2020 | 5 min read

What Can We Learn from Numbers and Shapes?

How’s Your Perspective? In the midst of life’s challenges, we certainly can lose perspective. Lost in the details, we have at times seen very little purpose to some of our own family’s struggles. One night in the last year as we prayed, one of us laid out a long...

Feb 26, 2020 | 4 min read

Bad Herod… Really Bad

If few people love to play the part of innkeeper at the Christmas play, then no one wants to play Herod! From our previous blog we looked at some misconceptions about the Bethlehem “innkeeper.” Perhaps we have been wrong about him! But regarding Herod, perhaps we...

Dec 22, 2019 | 5 min read