Old Truth For Today

Every night at bedtime, my seven-year-old son and I read chapter books together. We recently finished reading about Jim Elliot and his four friends who gave their lives in Ecuador so that Christ could be made known to a remote and violent tribe. If you aren't familiar with their story, here is a brief summary. Several missionary families spent years trying to locate a tribe known as the Aucas (now more commonly called the Waorani) in the remote jungles of Ecuador. The isolate

*To my regular readers: this blog is written by my husband Jon, who felt inspired to share his thoughts with you all. I absolutely love his heart and perspective. I hope you find it thought-provoking and challenging as I did. -- Ashley Our seven-year-old and his friends love the 6/7 trend. They incorporate it into as many. conversations as possible. If you’ve spent any time around kids, teenagers, or the internet lately, you’ve probably also encountered the 6/7 meme—one of t

People often ask how this book came to be, and the truth is that I never set out to write this book. In fact, God brought this opportunity to me when I wasn't looking for it at all. At the time, our family was walking through one of the most difficult seasons of our lives. We discovered black mold in our home, forcing us to move out and live with family while remediation took place. It was stressful enough to be displaced from our home, but things only became more complicated