by DHBrooks1917 | May 7, 2010 | Inspirational
I’m proud, stubborn, envious, cynical, and prone to anger—even if I don’t show it. Sometimes I wonder how God could ever make any use of me. Believe it or not, I draw encouragement from Jacob (Genesis 25-50)—the J.R. Ewing of the Old Testament. His life was more...
by DHBrooks1917 | Apr 10, 2010 | Inspirational
I arrived in the Philippines in the early 1990s as a single missionary. There was no partner to share breath-stealing rides on brightly painted passenger jeeps barreling down patched streets and shooting the gap between vehicles. There was no one with whom to savor...
by DHBrooks1917 | Mar 31, 2010 | Christmas, Easter, Inspirational
When I was a child, my parents often told me “Don’t touch” while walking past shelves in a store filled with toys or glassware of different shapes and colors. Of all seasons, Christmas presented the greatest temptation for a tactile-oriented child like me. But stores...
