Locations & Times

My mom’s friend, Winsome, loved hosting large, glamorous events in the Jamaican community. My mom and Winsome had lived in the same country town in Jamaica and reconnected in Florida after many years of living apart. Winsome was like an aunt to me. I always got so excited when she would...

I didn’t learn to ride a bike as a kid.There, I said it. And as I got older, that fact got more and more embarrassing. It started as a simple gap in my childhood…no one around to teach me, no one really pushing me to try. But over time, that little thing turned into fear. A shame I...

The silence between us felt heavier than ever. My husband was sleeping on the couch, and I was sleeping in our bedroom. After seven years of marriage, we believed our marriage was over. We were exhausted, hurt, and tired of trying to fix a marriage that seemed beyond repair. As I sat in the...

Exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. —1 Timothy 4:7–8 (NKJV)Montgomery Center, Vermont, has no high school, no gym, and no...

Rejecting Passivity: A Call to Step Up

Posted by Chris Langston on Aug 18, 2025

Let’s be honest, men: passivity is in our nature, and it’s been there since the start of time. Though the serpent approached Eve first, Adam did nothing to intervene. He heard the lies, saw the danger, yet chose to stay silent—and even worse, join the unholy...

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. —1 Corinthians 16:13–14 (NKJV) It’s like a warrior’s creed, a call all men are meant to answer. In battle, we easily grasp what this verse signifies. Picture soldiers standing...

“Why do you have to start with a trip to Afghanistan? Can’t you go to like, Canada?” my mom asked. Over a decade ago, I said yes to a short-term trip with Flatirons to work alongside our global partner in Afghanistan. While I’d been on similar trips around the U.S...

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2 (NIV) Let’s be honest, we’ve all had days that feel like battles to get through. We...

Let’s talk about the next chair.  You’ve graduated from the high chair. You’ve wiped the applesauce off your face, figured out how to tie your shoes (mostly), and now? You’ve moved on to Chair Two.  It’s the driver’s seat.  And listen, nothing...

Welcome to Chair Four.  This is it. The throne.  Not a plastic highchair. Not a leather driver’s seat. Not even a Captain’s Chair.  A throne.  Sounds intense, right? Like something out of “Game of Thrones” or “Braveheart.” But this...