”Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be” [Job 8:7] When the pioneers of radio evangelism started using the airways to proclaim the Gospel, they labored against a loud, persistent chorus of criticism. Clarence Jones, co-founder of missionary station HCJB in Equador, …
Mentoring Series
Women at the Well
“Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again.” John 4:13 –14 This statement could be made over the wells of life in many areas. Over the well of success: Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again. Over the well of …
Because of Easter
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.” (John 5:24) A few years ago, shortly before Easter, I took my daughters to …
Achieving God’s Purpose
Many people avoid reading certain books of the Bible because they don’t expect to get much out of it. Most of us would rather read a Gospel or an Epistle than Leviticus. I think the main reason for this is how we view our Bible …
Breathe In, Breathe Out
During lambing season, my husband Will helped with “pulling” a lamb. At last he freed a near-lifeless lamb and began sticking straw up its nose. The lamb snorted with disgust and irritation but would not breathe on its own. Will then picked it up and …
Blessed Assurance
Before we left for the mission field, my husband and I attended a commissioning service. During the service, all the future missionaries took communion together. As I was reaching for my communion cup, I accidentally knocked it over, spilling the juice onto the floor. I …
The Open Gate
“I am the Gate.” One cold evening in March, some of our sheep got out of the safety of their paddock and were left stranded outside the barn, away from food, water, and the rest of the flock. My ten-year-old daughter and I tromped through …
Where Jesus Bought the Church
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and …
Words from the Wise: Edith Schaeffer
[NOTE: Often when we hear “mentoring,” we only think of the one-on-one kind. However, it struck me recently that I had been mentored by many women who never knew my name. I heard them speak or read their books and through their words, they mentored …
When His Footprints Are Not Seen
The television news crew was broadcasting breaking “live at ten” news on a dark street with red lights flashing in the background. A compact car had been demolished. Broadsided by a drunk driver who ran a red light while traveling at high speed, all three …