Sisters

One proof to me that a healthy family is God’s best “small group” is sisters. A godly girl I can be honest with, pray with, and ride bikes around Chicago with—all without a moment of awkwardness reveals the brilliance of God’s design.

Laura is heading to Ethiopia next year for a three-year term. "David, you are in the seminary world—what are some good book recommendations?" I point out a few sources, but the question is slightly unsettling as I peruse my bookshelf. How many of these books really build, clarify, sustain, or empower faith that will blossom under the pressures (both the routine and dramatic!) of the mission field that can be more oppressive than the hot African sun?

My eye lands on a book by Amy Carmichael. Oh, wait. Laura recommended that one to me.