Challenging believers to adventurous and Christ-filled lives through wild steps of faith
Does your faith seem more like an addition to your life than the reason you are alive? If so I apologize. I've held back a lot of my frustrations on this blog for the sake of being nice. I see now that by staying quiet, I'm doing a disservice to the church. I don't intend… Continue reading 3 Reasons Why I’m Mad at the American Church
Dear Soldier, We don't know if you remember us or not, but we've been trying to catch your attention. No, don't ignore this letter. You aren't reading this by accident. Yes, you are a soldier, but you may have forgotten this truth. Let us explain. You were sent out into battle quite some time ago.… Continue reading Dear Soldier, Do You Remember?
Maybe you've been urgently pleading with God to give you wisdom or direction on an issue or topic. Or, perhaps something interesting just happened and you aren't quite sure what God is trying to say through it or if he's trying to say anything at all. So, how does God speak to us? Should we… Continue reading How does God Speak to Us?
I'm a doer. I love doing things. Sometimes it's hard for me to stop doing things. When it comes to being a Christian, I do what I'm supposed to do. To be honest, sometimes I get frustrated at those who don't do what the Bible says. But here's the truth, doing what the Bible tells… Continue reading Should we Do what God wants or Follow Him?
I know I claim to be an adventurer and risk-taker, but I definitely like comfort. It's so safe, easy, and requires nothing from me. I wasn't willing to go to the Middle East three months before God called me. My focus was dead set on staying in Denver with my family and friends. But God… Continue reading Tortured for Christ
I know Easter happened last week, but God's recently shown me an important lesson from the Easter story that I think we should all learn. As beautiful as Easter is, we are still facing this pandemic. As we look around, we realize life on this planet is brutal. We lose friends just as quickly as… Continue reading Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? A Lesson From Easter
In this episode, I interview Matt and Sophia McCann who are currently doing missions work in Peru. Matt and Sophia share about their challenging work of reaching natives and how they have to balance respecting the culture of the Yanesha people while also being willing to point them to Biblical truths. Check out the last… Continue reading Episode 10: Respectfully Reaching Indigenous Tribes with Matt and Sophia McCann (Part 1)
In this episode, I interview my good friend and coworker from the Middle East (due to security reasons, I can't share her real name). "Jo" shares about her unique experiences of ministering to Muslim women in the Middle East, as well as some of her hilarious cultural mess ups. She answers how to discern your… Continue reading Episode 9: Hilarious Stories of Ministering to Muslim Women with “Jo” (Part 2)
Ministry looked very different in the Middle East. There were lots of extra hurdles we had to clear to do ministry effectively. All of this made ministry in the Middle East look completely different than ministry here in the US. So what was ministry like in the Middle East? Ministry in the Middle East was… Continue reading What Was Your Ministry Like in the Middle East?
Fear is one of the major things that keeps people from going to be missionaries, and it almost stopped me too. Only by God's grace did I have the strength to carry on. Because I love adventure, I wasn't too afraid of dying, so my fears weren't very focused on physical danger. So what made… Continue reading What Made You Afraid of Going to the Middle East?