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Yays and Yucks (Looking Back on a Year in Asia Part 1)

— by Elizabeth NOTE ABOUT THIS SERIES:  I spent a lot of time in December and January reflecting on my first year overseas. Then I wrote it all down. In a 6-part series. Yes, I know that a 6-part...

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Paul, the Mysogynist?

by Elizabeth While this tends to be a faith-walk type of blog, and not a theology blog, I’d be a fool not to admit that some of my biggest personal crises happen at the intersection of faith and...

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A Marriage Blessing

by Jonathan This post is dedicated to my little sister and my new brother-in-law. I wish these things for you two, with all my  heart. May your marriage be beautiful. May it remind you often that God...

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The Purpose of Marriage is Not to Make You Holy {A Life Overseas}

by Jonathan Before we moved abroad, we did some marriage counseling. What I mean is, we sat in an old guy’s office for fifteen hours and cried. It was amazing. He told us our marriage could be a...

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Because we’re too lazy to write an actual book…

We’ll just give you some links to the stuff we’d put in a book. We hope this page will be a resource, a starting point if you will, for folks who are new to our journey as well as folks who are about...

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Intensity and Intentionality {a note about marriage and motherhood on the field}

A while back our organization asked me to write a little something about marriage and motherhood on the field. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted the article to be anonymous or not, as I...

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3 Ways to Care for the Heart of Your Wife {A Life Overseas}

by Jonathan Marriage can really be a drain on missions. Marriage on the field can be a constant source of distraction, discouragement, and pain. But I hope it’s not. I’ve written before about marriage...

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To the girl

by Jonathan To the girl who is curious about everything, To the girl who looks prim and proper, and who is, some of the time, To the girl who knows how to parse protons and poetry, and is fascinated by...

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Our first book!

We’ve compiled over 50 of our short essays into a new book. The book covers topics like transition, TCKs, grief and loss, conflict, marriage on the field, and more. The Kindle version is $1.99 and is...

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Love Interruptus?

by Jonathan About a month ago I realized something had to change. I was too tied to my phone. Too distracted. Too stressed out. So I put my phone away for three days. Literally, I locked it in a safe,...

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Yays and Yucks (Looking Back on a Year in Asia Part 1)

— by Elizabeth NOTE ABOUT THIS SERIES:  I spent a lot of time in December and January reflecting on my first year overseas. Then I wrote it all down. In a 6-part series. Yes, I know that a 6-part...

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Paul, the Mysogynist?

by Elizabeth While this tends to be a faith-walk type of blog, and not a theology blog, I’d be a fool not to admit that some of my biggest personal crises happen at the intersection of faith and...

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A Marriage Blessing

by Jonathan This post is dedicated to my little sister and my new brother-in-law. I wish these things for you two, with all my  heart. May your marriage be beautiful. May it remind you often that God...

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The Purpose of Marriage is Not to Make You Holy {A Life Overseas}

by Jonathan Before we moved abroad, we did some marriage counseling. What I mean is, we sat in an old guy’s office for fifteen hours and cried. It was amazing. He told us our marriage could be a...

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A-41: Essays on life and ministry abroad

Purchase the Kindle version of A-41 here. Purchase the print edition here. Here’s what Elizabeth has to say about the print edition: “What I like about the paper copy is that it’s in 8 1/2 X 11 inch...

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Intensity and Intentionality {a note about marriage and motherhood on the field}

A while back our organization asked me to write a little something about marriage and motherhood on the field. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted the article to be anonymous or not, as I...

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3 Ways to Care for the Heart of Your Wife {A Life Overseas}

by Jonathan Marriage can really be a drain on missions. Marriage on the field can be a constant source of distraction, discouragement, and pain. But I hope it’s not. I’ve written before about marriage...

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17 years of marriage, and this is all we’ve got

Welp. That was a fast 17 years! In the last several years, both of us have written various pieces on marriage, relationships, and sex, and we wanted to take the opportunity here, at the inauspicious...

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Created for Connection — a roadmap for your marriage

It’s the best marriage book I’ve ever read. I’d love to show you why; I’d also love to show you how I use it in my daily practice as a pastoral counselor. Created for Connection, by Johnson and...

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Sex and the Married Missionary {A Life Overseas}

by Jonathan We don’t talk about sex very much. Sure, we might joke about it (the first working title for this article was The Missionary Position), but we don’t actually talk about it very much. Truth...

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