Wishing is present in me. I love how that sounds but what about an outcome? My Mother had underlined Rom 7:18-25 in red. I haven’t seen anything else with red in her old Bible. She passed in 2008 and I miss her. She led me to the Lord when I was five years old. Verse…

Returning to teaching on Identity from Carolyn Ros. People pursue meaning, satisfaction, freedom, identity, and hope. 2 Tim 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline”. That is our identity. We are His workmanship, appointed, known, formed, searched, renewed, comforted, called, measured, directed, crafty, found,…

I can’t keep every book I like or even love. I’m breaking from YWAM study notes to a few notes on a book by Darlene Cunningham. She and Loren, recently deceased, founded the movement birthing short-term ministry trips. Youth With A Mission or YWAM has thousands of well-trained people. This missions movement has effectively grown…

Oh my goodness. This week of teaching was full of truth that I understood. Carolyn Ros is so gifted and, later, she returned during our debrief with her husband, Johan. She began by drawing a tree. The roots are beliefs, trunk is world view, higher is values, branches – behavior, and top, with leaves, is…

At Wiler with YWAM 50+, we spend a week in November with a variety of missions people. All had different locations and experiences. Daniel was an amazing teacher with brilliant visuals. I recently shared a photo of me standing in a GIANT pair of boots. I would never get far in these (especially if a…

I’m not sure why ancient memories pop up but here are two. My Mother was sweet and kind. She did not object or correct me for these two things but I could see her confusion and disapproval. Eyes are so telling. They were both events that I thought she would enjoy. 31 flavors ice cream…

All week I have looked like a hillbilly. Don’t be mad if you are a hillbilly but I broke a front tooth and do not look like me to me. It takes a nasty shot to numb the front of your mouth so the dentist gave me nitrous oxide for the first time. I still…

Atrocity, after atrocity. Hamas attacks. Young men murder strangers because old men hate other old men. Where is the border? People divorce others they claimed to love for years. Abortion. There is never enough. Another cancer victim. Lust and lies. A friend sends a nasty text. We stand at the door with an umbrella, looking…

I should have started with this topic list a few months ago. I am, very slowly, reviewing my YWAM notes. I’ve written through Original Design but here are the twelve weeks of topics: Relationship, Contemplative Prayers, Character and Nature of God and Father Heart of God, Giving up Rights and Holy Spirit, Prophecy, Original Design,…

I always think of the Sermon on the Mount when I see the word ‘humble’ in scripture. I don’t know why. My New Kings James Version refers to the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, those hungering for righteousness, the merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers, and the persecuted. There are so many promises to those. Eating…