Welcome! I'm so glad you stopped by for a visit. On this blog, I will be writing inspirational posts, interviewing authors, giving away prizes, po...
The OB, a Scalpel, and Our Mexicana Rose Twenty years ago I spent most of my last pregnancy fighting off the cultural norm to deliver the baby via C-Section. Even so, on this da...
Romance Below Zero . Some might say we were crazy to have gone out that evening. Our Oaxacan friends certainly would say that. I suspect even our die-hard C...
Meet the Word Painters They write, they draw, and they use their talent to touch the world for Christ. Called to be creative, they are the Word Painters, and I’...
Operation Carpe Librum It was desperation. Pure, unadulterated desperation that drove us to scheming an international smuggling operation in which we involved o...
Who Do You Think You Are? “Who do you think you are?” asked the voice. I sulked. Again, with prodding, “Who do you think you are…to call yourself a writer…to build...
Making the Most of Your Mission Trip – Tips to making your cross-cultural experience a success (I originally wrote this article for Christianity Today’s WomenLeaders.com.) You’re investing thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours, an...
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How Two Immigrants Fell in Love and Married, Fifty Six Years Ago Today It was more than simply building a family or living the American Dream; it was putting pieces of fragmented lives together, of finding st...
Do You Still Have a Dream? (A Poem for My Colleagues) ©ikhadinger When the excitement fades of the culture you’ve crossed, when you walk in a fog and your hopes seem lost, Do you still have a...