It’s been over 10 years, and I can still picture the tattered details of the gypsy ghettos of Bulgaria. Yes, there are ghettos in Europe. Gypsies live in them, all over Eastern Europe. And if gypsy kids don't live in a ghetto, they fill the orphanages, hospitals, and...

If you’re a single gal, you may have a mental checklist for finding a godly husband. Maybe you wrote it in your teens, when you did a Bible study on dating and marriage at youth group. Or you’ve been on a lot of disappointing dates, and the “what I don’t want” list...

  I just returned from Costa Rica. It was a non-vacation vacation (i.e. a missions trip). I took a team of incredible ladies to engage girls and women (not to mention each other) to see themselves as God intended them to be: whole-hearted, joyful, safe, impactful. We...

When you get married, you’re looking for the “magic words” that will propel you and your spouse into marital bliss. You’ve watched a lot of romantic comedies, and you’re waiting to hear “You had me at...” or “I’d die for you.” Instead, you hear “Why can’t...

The strangest thing has just occurred— You may not know, you haven’t heard— what happens to women late in life, we who have handled pleasure and strife.   Thousands of cookies we have baked, Thrown lots of parties filled with cake, consumed pasta, coffees,...