God’s question for Solomon: “What shall I give you?” echoes through the ages. ‘Ask anything in my name and I will do it.’ John14:14 ‘Ask, and you will receive.’ Matthew 7:7 Patrick recently asked me, ‘What would you ask God for?’ I did not need to think hard or long. I would ask for compassion.
Q. “You have 23 Malawian children…What does that mean?” Answer: It means that Iris Ministries Malawi has custody of 23 Malawian children between the ages of 4 and 12 yrs, and they live beside our home in two houses we have built for them. We have Malawian house parents, and Mo and I are like
You are entering Spring while we enter Winter, with a great sigh of relief for the cooler nights, and gentler days. I cannot really say ‘cooler’ days, as you might get the wrong idea…we are still in the upper 30s most days! I have been thinking about how much of my Easter thought has been
How do we gain the right perspective in the midst of such hopelessness, fear, hunger and devastation? In the same way as the prophets before us, who, confused by the devastation around them, withdrew into the ‘presence of the Lord.’ There they would begin to see with eyes of faith the hearts longing for love,
‘With unflagging zeal, aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.’ Romans 12:11 Unflagging zeal is what we need in these days of hunger. Pastor Ali, responsible for food distribution, had to turn people away the afternoon of January 16th. They had waited 24 hours, hoping that we would unlock some hidden supply. The maize was