Hopeful Reality from Athens, Greece

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Who are you? Losing Labels and Finding Family
I’m sitting here at in my kitchen with a very hot cup of chai. A few large sprigs from a blossoming tree outside the city are gracing my kitchen table. My boy is due to be born in a week, so I’m bouncing away on the exercise ball as I type, hoping for signs of… Read more
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Who are you? Losing Labels and Finding Jesus
Yesterday I was sitting with a group of wonderful people at a European Roundtable, a refugee ministry summit. I felt like I was sitting on holy ground as we went around the circle explaining where we were from and what God had called us to in relation to the recent tragic events in Afghanistan. The… Read more
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Celebrating the true Jesus this Christmas
It’s a rainy evening in Victoria square, the center of Athens. The lights on the trees outside my window look like they fell out of the sky and plastered on the skinny little trees lining the square. I’ve dried the orange slices and hung them over the doorway, and when I have a spare baking… Read more
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No Longer a Slave
I looked deep into her eyes yesterday. She is just a wisp of a little girl, but holds the heaviness of the world in her eyes. She mutters under her breath about knives and death, and is constantly trying to steal more food off the platters. Yesterday it was the bread from the communion platter… Read more
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Confidence in Faith, How to build your spiritual confidence in three ways
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day,… Read more
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As it is in Heaven
I’m sitting cross legged on my leather couch trying to abate a bout of nausea and musing about heaven. Our air conditioner is working overtime these days with temperatures as hot as 110 F. Wildfires are raging in many locations in Greece. Today I noticed tiny flecks of ash on our balcony, and there has… Read more
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Radiant Women in a World of Suffering
I looked into the face of my friend as she exhorted the woman across from us in French. We had brought a homeless lady in and sat around my table in the early afternoon, searching for answers for the crisis she was in. I picked up parts of the conversation as my friend physically demonstrated… Read more
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Believing in Glory- How Women of Faith can go into 2021 strong
It’s a lovely morning in Victoria Square, and the sun is shining beautifully on all the apartment buildings across from my seat at my dining room table. We’ve come through all the cookies and turkeys of Christmas week, and settled into a more rigorous schedule of planning and goal setting for 2021. All that has… Read more
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Missing Donkeys and Surprise Anointing, An Honest Evaluation of Ministry Culture
In between large mugs of fresh mint tea and a positive Rona test, I have been reading the meaty goodness of Ravenhill and Elliot and letting their old, simple wisdom convict and refresh my perceptions. One thing is clear, our missionary endeavors have drastically changed as technology has advanced and we’ve been able to board… Read more
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Dippy Eggs and Homemade Toast, Finding Home in a World of Suffering
My deepest wish for the ones who have lost everything is that I could give them what I had when I was five years old, sitting on the back bench of a farmhouse kitchen eating “dippy” eggs and toast from fresh wheat bread. We used to ground the wheat berries fresh and mix the bread… Read more
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“And though this world with devils filled should threaten to undo us, we will not fear for God has willed His truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him. His rage we can endure, for lo his doom is sure. One little word will fell him.”
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Hi there! This post could not be written any better! Reading through this article reminds me of my previous roommate! He continually kept preaching about this. I most certainly will forward this post to him. Fairly certain he’s going to have a great read. Many thanks for sharing!
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