It's amazing how we can experience something so life-changing, and then fall back into our regular routines so quickly again. Sometimes in my sermons I comment on the large number of people who stood in amazement of Jesus at one his public preaching moments... but then went home and went back to their lives and... Continue Reading →
An Appalachian In Red Square
Had you told that twelve-year-old version of me that I would one day be standing, jaw hanging agape, in the middle of Red Square, I would have laughed you out of town. Me? In Red Square? But it happened. We clambered out of the bus and followed Yelena through a pedestrian underpass... and as I... Continue Reading →
God, Billy Joel, and the Berlin Wall: It Was Meant To Be
I've never left the country before. I had never even made it across the border to Canada or Mexico. So, naturally, the question was posed, "Why Russia?" I guess it does seem a strange destination for a person's first venture outside of her national boundaries. Maybe a trip down to Cancun, or up to Nova... Continue Reading →