So, we were having breakfast on the back patio when we noticed one of the branches moving. When we looked closer, we realized this...

by Krista I grew up with a solid commitment to the idea that God is made of three persons — Father, Son and Spirit — and never really...

by Krista Today’s question was something that really came alive before I started my counseling training. In those early years after we...

I love discounts, coupons, promotions, sales, special codes, and just about anything that gets you a break on the price. When we first...

As part of our continuing education, we’ve been digging deep to determine what we believe about various theological issues and...

Having an interesting job sometimes makes us the subject of school reports (or, more likely, AWANA questionnaires). My favorite question...

To read more about how stress affects our students in the language school and what I propose churches should do to prepare and support...

If you’ve ever wondered why in the world language school is so stressful, I’ve spent some time thinking about it over the last year....

Checking out of the hospital, as long as Mr. Leptospirosis does not send for reinforcements Just when you think you’re going to win this...

It was a long and busy summer. After fighting our way through the World Cup here in Costa Rica, we all had to return to reality. For us,...

Here’s another part of that email I found when I was cleaning out my “Drafts” folder of my account. December 14, 2010 So, this is how my...

I was cleaning out my “Drafts” folder of my email and ran across an email to a friend that I never sent. It brought back so many memories...

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when...

We emptied out all the last of our American change from everyone’s bags and decided to hit up Chipotle one last time. (Everyone in line...

OK…so there I was in the giant gymnastic warehouse with our girls and a bunch of other kids flying off trampolines doing double back...

Now that you’ve found the website, we wanted to let you know that there are three ways you can follow us: 1. The blog (a casual place to...

In 7 years, we’ve never ordered McDonald’s delivery — mostly because I can’t imagine I’d get all the fries I paid for (or that if I...

Ok, how cool is this? We have a mango tree in our backyard!! We’re getting a bumper crop and, in addition to eating mangoes every day,...

Even though we had major emissions problems, they were totally going to pass us, out of sympathy…until we had to push it through the last...