What if the Psalms trained your imagination for a reality more solid than the news cycle? How the Psalms Retrain Our Imagination—and Our Trust Learning to see reality. Read time: 6 minutes View this email in your browser The Amazing Fraser Canyon Can you feel it? As the road narrows and the canyon walls rise, …
Staying Rooted Through Seasons of Growth, Release, and Trust Which Tree Are You? Staying Rooted Through Seasons of Growth, Release, and Trust Read time: 4 minutes View this email in your browser Christmas Eve Gratitude Early in the morning on Christmas Eve, Deanna received another Targeted Therapy treatment in the chemo ward at the Abbotsford …
A knock at the door. A broken boundary. An unexpected Christmas filled with grace, deliverance, and joy. When Things Get Messy Holy Interruptions, Fragile Boundaries, and the Joy We Didn’t Plan For Read time: 4 minutes View this email in your browser A Small Group, a Big Hope This is a small group from our …
What if opening your Bible this Christmas feels like opening a gift God wrapped for you long ago? When God Writes Us Into His Story How Books, Scripture, and Christmas Mornings Shape Eternal Lives Read time: 4 minutes View this email in your browser A neighbor missionary kid learns from our oldest daughter, Anni. (2002) …
From army-crawling Christmas mornings to Psalm 24’s “even Jacob”—discover the God who meets us in hidden places. The Hidden Work of God How quiet beginnings shape everything that comes after. Read time: 6 minutes View this email in your browser Rick, Ellis, Deanna, Olivia, Bella, Paul, Anni, Lucy, John (Tim’s brother), Tim, and Chris Wiens …
Christmas isn’t about perfect trees or perfect people. It’s about learning to ponder, like Mary and David, until we find God again. The Orange Tree Christmas How Improvising Leads to the Real Thing Read time: 15 minutes View this email in your browser Orange Trees are Also Evergreens Our family was remembering Christmases from our …
A simple Advent game in the Amazon taught our family that quiet kindness can change a family—and a neighborhood. The Ten-Centavos Manger. The Ten-Centavos Manger How Quiet Kindness Became Our Family’s Christmas Liturgy Read time: 5 minutes View this email in your browser A Psalm, A Promise, A Way of Life In Psalm 12, God …
David’s wild psalm teaches us how to stand when life turns against us—and why faith grows strongest in the fire. Confidence in the Storm A wild psalm, a healing miracle, and the God who shields the upright. Read time: 5 minutes View this email in your browser The Victory Cry of an Underdog: “How do you …
“You can’t believe what can go wrong” (Laughing and Rolling Eyes) When God Laughs About Tree Planting “You can’t believe what can go wrong” (God, laughing and rolling His eyes) Read time: 5 minutes View this email in your browser Photo – Deanna cooking at a remote tree-planting camp, 1988. Her brother Ross was one of …
We already have enough water, more power than we know, and a God who remembers even the forgotten corners of the world. Kingdom Seeds, Eternal Harvest The harvest is ripe. Now. Read time: 5 minutes View this email in your browser The Glorious Fall Harvest Season in Abbotsford. Harvest in the Southern hemisphere is similar …