Category: Cultural Wisdom
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After preaching a sermon called Show Us the Father, I didn’t expect God to preach the message back to me. A delayed flight, an uncomfortable moment at a store, forgotten groceries, and a grieving neighbor became a reminder that sometimes people encounter Jesus through compassion long before they hear His name.
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Sometimes God’s greatest acts of grace are the ones we never see. This week, a storm rolled through my community with powerful winds, flash flooding, and damage left behind. As I reflected on the roads I traveled, the decisions I made, and the things that could have happened but didn’t, I was reminded of a…
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I had a dream this week that would not leave me alone. Two people I loved were lying in hospital beds. Then a doctor walked in and said, “They’re going to be okay. They’re just resting.” The moment I heard those words, I fainted. As I reflected on that dream, an unexpected lesson emerged through…
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We spend so much time asking whether a story happened that we sometimes forget to ask what it is teaching us. “If I see someone experience something and I have already seen the outcome, why shouldn’t I learn from it?” God’s grace is found not only in second chances but also in the lessons He…
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✨ New on Grace Across Borders ✨ Sometimes the jobs we overlook carry the heaviest burdens. This week’s reflection is deeply personal — from covering a cleaning shift for my mother years ago, to realizing how quickly we judge work we have never had to do ourselves. What I thought would be “easy work” humbled…
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New on Grace Across Borders “Little by little, adding to the basket, the basket becomes full.” 🌴🧺 A birthday reflection on grace, family, sacrifice, gratitude, and learning to give people their flowers while they can still smell them. 💛 #GraceAcrossBorders #MayBabies #BirthdayReflection
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Some wounds do not silence us immediately. They teach us to slowly bury our own voice. This week’s Grace Across Borders is deeply personal. I share the story of a moment from high school that quietly shaped years of fear, self-doubt, and running from the very thing I believe God was calling me to do.…
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Not everybody’s story unfolds on schedule. Some dreams are interrupted. Some journeys take longer. Some beginnings happen later than expected. But delayed does not mean forgotten. Sometimes God is still building roots beneath the surface before anything visible begins to grow. This week on Grace Across Borders, we reflect on Haggai 1, rebuilding after interruption,…
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There is a kind of tired that sleep does not fix. Not just physical, but emotional and spiritual. The kind that comes after you have done everything right, and still feel drained. In 1 Kings 19, Elijah reaches that point. After witnessing God move in a powerful way, he finds himself running, exhausted, and ready…
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What if the journey is just as important as the finish line? We spend so much time worrying about whether what we’re doing will matter… but what if God is using us right now, in the middle of it? Keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep doing the work. Keep the light burning. #GraceAcrossBorders
