A single, trailing vine snakes through the grass,leaves green.My shoes crunch on dirt.I grab it and pull.With it rises a net of vines,straining in tangled cords,running under grass and over ground.I gather the lines in my hands.Too strong together—one at a timeroots rip free from earth.Hand over hand,coiling a fibrous […]
Cambodian Communion Hymns
At our church in Cambodia, we have a tradition of singing three specific hymns during our Communion, or Lord’s Table, service. One is sung during the passing out of the bread, one is sung during the passing out of the cup, and one is sung to conclude the service. Two […]
Book Review: Ready for Him Today by Yaasha Moriah
This book is a hidden treasure, overlooked and mostly unknown, but vastly superior to anything else I have ever read on the subject, and that subject is living godly in this world as a single Christian woman.
Idolatry, Literally.
Yesterday I was sitting in an air conditioned room in a large Thai city, listening to a sermon on Romans. The glass front of the building was to my left, looking out on a parking lot and the main road. On the big screen was a PowerPoint slide of verses […]
I Will Forsake Everything and Follow Him: Truth Dawning P.3
“Can we meet a day early for Bible study? I have to attend a relative’s funeral on Wednesday.” “Sure, Granny!” This was the third time I was meeting with this elderly Cambodian woman to study the Bible. (Read about the first two days in Part 1 and Part 2.) Soon […]
Pressing Onward in the Race as a Single Woman
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the […]
I Want to Escape the Cycle of Reincarnation: Truth Dawning P.2
“I believe,” the woman insisted. “I truly believe. But I also still light incense and want to participate in [Buddhist ceremonies and rituals]. Can I still do these things?” “Granny,” I said, using a relational term of respect, “for we who follow Jesus, we cannot participate in any other worship. […]
So Jesus is Greater than the Buddha: Truth Dawning P.1
“This is the Holy Bible of Jesus,” I said, picking it up. “Have you seen or heard of this book before?” The elderly woman across from me squinted. “No,” she said. “Never.” I had the opportunity to open up the Bible and teach an elderly Cambodian woman about Jesus. She […]
The Miracle: God Answers
When was a time that God answered your prayer in an immediate, almost shocking way? I was recently reminded of this event in my own life: When I was in college, I had a green mechanical pencil of a particular brand that can (perhaps) only be found in a certain […]
The Rabbit on the Moon and the Language of Sound
I was sitting in my kitchen the other night in Cambodia, staring at my bathroom door, and it occurred to me: the bathroom, of course, has a three-inch threshold. You have to step over that to get in. This detail of architecture is so ubiquitous I never stopped to think […]