There comes that day when God calls you to step out onto the water – where faith and your attentiveness to Him are wholly required. After you take those first few steps, explosions of love for the people and places you encounter erupt. Your heart overflows and all you can think about is how you … [Read more…]
God sometimes allows heaven and His holiness to pour down, so fast and furious you are completely awash in it. How do you dare to describe those moments when the enormity of God is all around you? It’s in a split-second you feel the force of His momentum and physically tremble when you confront what … [Read more…]
Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything – and I do mean everything – connected with that old life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it. (The May 2013 Long Hollow Haiti Mission Team: Abigail Broderick, Frank Broderick, Garrett Davis, Jim Elliot, Pamela Ferguson, Abigail Gregory, … [Read more…]
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. ~ Psalm 37:4 Dale and I always thought early in our married life we would have two children. In 1988, we built a new home and while it was under construction, we visited the site daily. It was fun to … [Read more…]
“And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.” Acts 2:2 On the final evening of our time in Haiti we experienced what would be recognized as an unusual weather event. As we sat in Pastor Dony’s house, which sits upon a bluff … [Read more…]
How many times have you told someone your story? Sharing mine is a relatively new thing for me to do, considering I was 20 years old before I discovered the freedom and the joy it brings. When I left for Haiti last week with the Long Hollow Women’s team, I wondered what I might give … [Read more…]
It’s not something you did that you can be proud of. Instead, we are God’s accomplishment, created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God planned for these good things to be the way that we live our lives. ~Ephesians 2:9-10, NIV Everything about Haiti plays like a continuous loop from my head to heart. … [Read more…]
Wrecked is a word we’ve been hearing around Long Hollow and will continue to hear in the days ahead. What does that even mean? I vividly remember being “wrecked” on my first visit to Haiti. This particular trip was a vision trip to explore ministry opportunities for Long Hollow. We were visiting all of the … [Read more…]
What does the word worship mean to you? It’s often used as an adjective, as in worship service, worship music, or worship center. It’s also sometimes used as a noun: My boss gives excessive worship to his business. I like it best as a verb. It seems to me that in its truest form, worship … [Read more…]
On a recent trip to Haiti, I was struck—not most by what vast differences there were between me and the people I met, but all that I had in common with these precious folks. Obviously, we live in very different places. Though my family would be considered mostly middle class in this country, I was … [Read more…]
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