Prayer: Marriage
My darling husband generally only gets to see me during my least-shining moments. Before he leaves for work, I am tearing apart the kitchen to feed my hungry horde and make lunches to send to school, to the soundtrack of, [...]
Love and Weddings
We were a little confused when we received a report from one church explaining that a man had decided to “wed his wife.” But it’s a common scenario: many couples have never formally married because they simply can’t afford to. [...]
God is Powerful
It’s easy to get discouraged. I look around at all the brokenness in our country and in the world, and I sometimes think, “How could this ever change? What does it matter if I work, give, pray, volunteer, advocate, vote, [...]
Fixing Roads in Burkina Faso
"We as the church, we cannot say that we love people without showing fruit. We want our love to be visible." Here is a story of how churches in Burkina Faso are showing God's love to their community.
Prayer for Refugees
How do we pray for refugees? Of course we can pray for the most apparent needs – food, shelter, security, etc. – but we also need to pray for the deeper things.
WDC Class of 2019
The Wholistic Development Center (WDC) is preparing for graduation! Spring commencement is an exciting time for time for high school and university students around the world. But for the students of WDC, graduation is extra-special. In the country where WDC [...]
Prayer Topic: Poverty
Poverty is often caused by societal systems that favor some people over others. And those systems are fed by broken beliefs
Churches are Transforming DRC
Churches in DRC are rising up to love their communities in so many ways! We’ve put together a short video (3:52) celebrating how God is at work in this beautiful country.
Prayer: Wholism
Easter is my favorite holiday. I mean, I love Christmas...but to be honest, trying to balance “keeping Christ in Christmas” with all the cultural baggage of the holiday leaves me completely exhausted. But not Easter. Somehow, within the confines of [...]
Clean Water: Uganda Act of Love
Clean water—it’s a basic need and, therefore, one of the most distressing problems in the Majority World. We’ve all heard the stories: girls who ought to be in school spend hours a day carrying jerry cans for miles to [...]