Spiritual Dryness: Am I Trying to Walk in Two Directions?
Lillias Trotter stood at a crossroads.[1] The words of the renown nineteenth century art critic, John Ruskin, rang in her mind. “If you allow me …
Spiritual Dryness: Am I Hungry for the Wrong Food?
“Oh Lord, what is wrong with me?” future missionary Isobel Kuhn prayed. “Why can’t I sense Your Presence now as I have lately? Why has …
Spiritual Dryness: Is the Volume Up Too High?
You feel like you’ve done your duty, but something is missing. The intimacy you once experienced with God has fled. You feel spiritually dry. What’s wrong with your spiritual life?
Getting Away with Murder: An “Acceptable” Atrocity
Could a society get away with a systemic culture of murder? As I have been researching missionary biographies while writing a sequel to Daring Devotion, …
Why Are We Surprised? Confronting Shock-to-Shock Living with Truth
I slipped between the boulders and descended into the crack. Below me, I could hear my eight-year-old daughter whimpering. The darkness of the cave closed …
The Importance of Daisy Chains at the Cliff’s Edge
Amy Carmichael lay awake long into the night. The pounding drums of a Hindu festival drove sleep from her. “The darkness,” she later wrote, “shuddered …
Not Helpless in the Ruins: Trusting God Among the Chaos
Stay in China. This inexplicable message came from the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.) to Eric Liddell in late February of 1941.[1] He, his pregnant wife …
Gospel Tracts Don’t Work: Agree or Disagree?
“I already have one of those,” said the taxi driver when I offered him one of the gospel tracts in my wallet. Since I live …
Patrick of Ireland: The Scripture-Saturated Life
We’ve all heard of Patrick of Ireland. He lived in the fifth century, wore a halo, and liked picking clovers—the three-leaf kind (four leaf clovers …
The Risky Upside of Missionary Biographies
Eighteen-year-old Sarah Hall curled up in her New England home, her legs tucked beneath her voluminous 1700’s skirt.[1] Neither the chill of the room nor …