In the Waiting

After Jesus' crucifixion, the disciples didn't scatter. They didn't go back home to their families or jobs. They waited in sorrow. What can we learn from them?

Different, but still good

My pastor used this phrase to describe this season as we begin advent. This season is different. But still good. God is good. At the beginning, He was good. In 2019, He was good. Today, He is still good. In my own life I definitely see it. A year ago today I was mourning the...

2020 Pentecost Prayer

A year ago on this Pentecost Sunday I was leading worship in multiple languages. Although the setting is different, the prayer on this Pentecost Sunday is the same: Bring your Spirit. We need your divine power in us to see your kingdom come. This year, I am praying this prayer with tears in my eyes....

Podcast: A Vision for Equitable Health Care Everywhere

I was recently interviewed for Intervarsity's Podcast: All Shall Be Well: Conversations with Women in the Academy and Beyond. As I've been thinking about my calling as a disciple and my calling in public health research, I ask how it all comes together. So much of the time, all we see of disciples of Jesus...

“Your Will Be Done”: Jeremiah’s Example

Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing.  I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying,Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;    let us cut him off from the land of the...

Put Your Sword Back in Its Place

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Matthew 26:50-52 Put your...

Horizon

The place I'm at is like coming out of a fog on a long journey. Or having walked through the night in darkness, continuing forward, knowing that eventually day would come. It's like traversing a mountain, past the point of no return, just persevering with the destination in mind and the hope of the imaginable...

Theme Song: Horizon

- Horizon by Hollyn I just wanna know You better than I did before And I don't wanna stand here knowing That there's something more Something more On the horizon I keep pressing till I find You Yeah, I know that You're out there I hear You loudest in the silence Lord, where are You?...

Psalm 108 starts: "My heart is steadfast, O Lord! I will sing and make melody with all my being!" I felt this way at one point in my walk and I want to feel that way again. I want to be someone with a steadfast heart for God, that wants to sing with her whole...

David said we would taste and see that God is good. What I wonder is, when do I get to see goodness in its fullness? In Jesus, the fullness of God, Emmanuel, God with us. This is love. This is faith. This is goodness. That a man would lay down his life for his friends....