My Blog

Thoughts from a heart that is breaking for those who are broken.

In a world with billions of broken hearts and smashed dreams, there is hope for us. We are Compelled to Fly.

He Cares

It was a gloomy Friday afternoon in Mondulkiri. It had been a very full, stressful week of teaching, and I’d had barely any time out

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The Backslidden Missionary

Kak To western people, all the Pnong people in Punih village would appear to live in poverty. However, by Pnong standards, Kak and her family

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Glimpses of Glory (Part 2)

I don’t remember what day it was. Maybe it was the evening of Sreylee’s birthday, or after I’d visited Ounnang with her broken leg, or

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Richness

What does it mean to be rich? To have a rich life? After Friday evening worship at Weimar University, some students often have an “afterglow”,

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He Will Carry You

I have been back from Cambodia for several months, and am currently studying at Weimar University in northern California. I’ll certainly share about that someday;

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Never Alone

I said goodbye to Sreyian and her family a few minutes ago. I met her soon after I arrived in Cambodia, since her family runs

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Goodbyes

Last weekend, I said goodbye to the village where I’ve lived for the last year. The whole week, I’d led week of prayer for the

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Exclusion

Last night, the church members on our side of the village were meeting together to read the Bible and pray, as they do every evening.

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The Silence of God

What do we do when God doesn’t answer our prayers? When you, or I, or our prayer group, or even thousands of united praying Christians

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Thank you for Pain

Last Wednesday, in the Philippines, on the western island of Palawan, a helicopter took off, headed to a remote island, more than an hour over

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