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

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

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

Glimpses of Glory (Part 1)
This story took place last year, and I wrote it down this last June, a few weeks before leaving Cambodia. Re-reading it still makes me
After the Last Tear Falls (A Prayer for Israel)
I sit at my desk, light streaming through the huge window beside me, fluffy gray clouds floating through the blue sky overhead. Since Open House

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”,

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;

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

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

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.

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

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