Zikaron – Remembrance

The fever has worsened. My nights are restless. I keep waking up every few hours, sweaty and cold. Yesterday, my sister told me I was thrashing in my sleep, and that the fever had made me delirious. I feel every...

I don’t know if I’ll be taken care of

I’m in so much trouble, and I don’t know if I will get any help! I have so much to fear. I have so much to be anxious about. I don’t know what my future in this house looks like....

My daughter was healed miraculously

I was born in a nominal Christian home that went to church only on Christmas or Easter. I attended Sunday school and VBS as a child. We were a happy family of hardworking parents and three sisters. My father is an atheist...

The lessons we can learn from our skin

Bioengineers use the word compliancy to describe a material’s capacity to mold to the shape of another surface, and human skin exhibits this quality remarkably well. While trying to design shoes and tools for the insensitive feet and hands of leprosy patients,...

Just pray

One of my favorite things I’ve observed from my husband in the last three months of living together, is his prayerful posture, at all times. It’s blown me away how easily & simply he converses with God. He invites God...

Leaving the abundance behind

One of my favorite chapters in the Bible is the last chapter of the Gospel of John. At first glance, it seems to be an add-on to the whole story. It almost seems like John needn’t have written it. He...

What happens when the Church truly welcomes a new member?

John Karmegan came to me in Vellore, India, as a leprosy patient in an advanced state of the disease. We could do little for him surgically since his feet and hands had already been damaged irreparably. We could, however, offer...

Show up with what you have – that’s more than enough

I am a lover of all things new… even when I don’t need them. There’s just something about buying that fresh new planner. The feeling of pulling the plastic off a brand new notebook that you swear is going to...

From sin and hypocrisy to a new creation | Kevin’s story

I was born into a Christian home and although many people say that they were lukewarm Christians until the day they gave their lives to Jesus, my experience was different. I want to start out by saying that for all...