Again I find myself writing about worship. Just a few weeks back I posted a blog about Christians living a lifestyle of worship and how imperative that is to our spiritual health. Even now as I attempt to write about ministry this week, I'm brought back to this theme, and duly so, as I believe more and more every day that at the root of all the ministry I could write about is worship. I could write about the strangeness of feeling drained and void this week, and what God taught me through that.  Prayer that worshipped God restored me to life. I could write about going out to a bar and...

The past couple of days for me have really been focused on thanking and praising God for His goodness.  I had a conversation with one of the boys at the orphanage that made me realize how I have taken some of the good things God has given me for granted.  The boy—who we will call Lon—is nineteen years old and he lives at the orphanage with his younger brother.  Lon is trying to finish up his last year of school and he would like to go on to study at an university.  As Lon and I were talking, he told me that he is the only Christian in his class and he always feels...

Sometimes, I forget that God is good.  How ridiculous is that?  After all I’ve been through with him, all the times I’ve been swept away by his mercy and love and beauty…I have to admit that I just forget.   I don’t know why this past week was so difficult, when there are only three weeks left in the trip…? I don’t know why the team and I felt so puzzled and drained and frustrated.  All I know is that the gloom that strangely overcame me for a few days left me wiped out, and I realized that I hadn’t spent time with God for...

This past week was good ole’ thanksgiving. Being my first thanksgiving away from my family I was a bit sad but that feeling was wiped away with our lovely team thanksgiving dinner of chicken, KFC mashed potatoes, Dino Mac n’ cheese, cheese and crackers, corn, and stuffing brought from the US by one of my lovely leaders Elle. Following dinner we ate pumpkin pie, which I don’t usually like, but being in Cambodia it was a little slice of home.  Luckily I was given an opportunity to skype with my wonderful family and speak with my love. Being here has made me realize how...

Let's go back in time a few months as I prepare to go on this trip… I remember one conversation I had with a very good friend of mine, Shelby Hurst. I remember her telling me how this trip was going to change my life. How this trip was going to save my life. I also remember sitting there thinking to myself, "Yeah, sure. I've done this kind of acting before, remember? Just get through it, see some awesome sights, and make a few friends." Yet, here I am with just two weeks left and I can already see a visible change in myself. This is not bragging about anything I'VE...

So, here’s the deal. All of those Bible stories we’ve heard about since we were kids aren’t ancient fairy tales. And all of those heroes and heroines in those Bible stories weren’t superheroes. They were regular Joes just like you and me, and their stories can be your story. So how did these regular Joes manage to do things so incredible that their stories have now been told for thousands of years? “By faith.” What? Yes, by faith! “By faith” all of these regular Joes in the Bible became great warriors and did powerful things because...