Ministry and Service

I’ve been swapping out drugstore makeup for organic and natural products. I was totally buying into this eco-friendly, all-natural fad. I was feeling empowered and enlightened and a bit self-righteous, until I noticed that all my organic products, including my soap, are wrapped in plastic. My priorities feel a bit off.

I’ve lived in Kansas most of my life. Yes, to most of the world, my home state is one you typically drive through and fly over. I remember kind of despising my hometown of Wichita growing up. But now I have a large sense of pride for my home state.

What if we lived in a country where attacks on churches were common and even encouraged? Or a nation that gave its approval to church violence?

If a kooky mom from Indiana can save Will Byers from Demogorgons, surely we can at least make a dent in the issues hitting our headlines today.

Overseas is where some people are called to be, but perhaps it’s not where most of us are needed.

Dr. Kent Brantly and his wife, Amber, put a name and face on the Ebola epidemic during the summer of 2014. The missionary couple was serving in Monrovia, Liberia, when Kent got the devastating news that he had contracted the deadly disease. Kent was tr …

During my 12 months in Haiti as a missionary, every day was a hot mess — but working with missions teams could be even messier. I vividly remember one particular day when I sat with a visiting mission team in dusty, standstill traffic after a long day …

Sometimes you experience something that redefines who you are — an experience that hits your heart so hard it leaves you breathless. That moment in my life happened in Thomazeau, Haiti. I am a senior at Texas A&M University, and I am a member of an …