by Dorcas Denness I said to Karen, “I’m so sorry to hear what happened to your relationship with Sam. It started like a fairy tale romance but ended with a […]

Allah Bakhsh [Pakistan, 1991] “Hey Paagal (crazy one), what are you doing here?” A patient called out from the bench in the waiting room. The skinny 15-year-old stepped off the […]

Finding Hope Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice (John 18:37) The team busied themselves with packing medicines and food in the winter mist as we looked […]

Stillborn by Dorcas Denness Where do you turn when your hopes and dreams are like a stillborn baby in your arms – beautiful, perfectly crafted, but lifeless? In your confusion […]

Don’t raise independent kids! This may surprise you – particularly coming from someone who with her husband has raised six children all of whom have left home and live capably […]

(I have changed names and details to protect identity) Zahrah knew she would soon be dead if she didn’t leave. She pressed her one-year-old son to her breast, while the […]

I recently did a ministry safety course in which one question asked us to differentiate people into categories: the privileged and disadvantaged. The privileged comprised those with a stable family, […]

I woke up early again, staring into the darkness of our bedroom. As I listened to the even breathing of my husband fast asleep beside me, I recalled the director’s […]

Luke stirred in his sleep, but thankfully showed no signs of distress. I relished the warmth of his hand, grateful again that the terrorists hadn’t taken him out, nor the […]

We moved his mattress into our room to lay him down for the night next to our bed.  Luke, our 11-year-old, had good reason to fear sleeping alone in his room. […]

As parents who know the goodness of God, what part can we play to help our children grow in faith, and turn from the many deceptions and temptations they will surely encounter? […]