ARTICLES BY COLLEEN CHAO
My life is a story of God being with me. I can point to time after time when He broke in on my darkness, when He rescued me from my own stupidity, when He brought His words to a rolling boil to melt my hardened heart. I’ve
Today I sat with a friend from Romania whose family has suffered upheaval and persecution as far back as she can remember. Her heritage is heroic. Her Jewish grandmother fled to Romania to escape the Germans. Her German grandfather escaped a Siberian concentration camp and endured
This past year has been one of the hardest of my life. My hubby will say the same. We watched the bottom drop out from underneath us, and at times fear and fatigue overwhelmed our faith. It’s been one thing after another, but it hasn’t
I remember you before you were beautiful. Before you stopped people in their tracks and made jaws drop and heads turn. You, who are now the fairest of all—were once the pity of all. You were a bloodied and abandoned newborn, left in an open
Seven years ago I sat in a coffee shop, looking across the table at a handsome man named Eddie. He was not quite a stranger to me, due to weeks of long phone conversations and shared group activities—but he was a huge risk. And I
He was a blind man. A beggar. He lived long before Braille and social welfare, so he was probably far more desperate than the homeless man who holds a cardboard sign outside your car window today. He begged in order to eat. He scrounged to
I was deeply encouraged by this today! Hope you are too…. “Our normal way of living in our human nature is to value results and to look at people as those who can help us achieve what we want or look at people who are
I’ll admit: the holiday season can put me on edge. But this year it’s not just the frenzy of festivity that looms large on the horizon. The countdown to this election is a wee bit stressful as well. Can I get a witness? So this past week
I can pick you out in a crowd—the light in your eyes, the warmth of your spirit, the kindness of your actions. You are His, and I see Him in you. Even though we may not know each other, we are part of the most
If you’ve ever spent time around someone who thinks they know everything, you’ve got a pretty good picture of what I was like in my late teens to early twenties. I had it all figured out, folks. I shared my opinions freely. I judged silently but liberally.
Today I sat with a friend from Romania whose family has suffered upheaval and persecution
I remember you before you were beautiful. Before you stopped people in their tracks and
Seven years ago I sat in a coffee shop, looking across the table at a
He was a blind man. A beggar. He lived long before Braille and social welfare,
I was deeply encouraged by this today! Hope you are too…. “Our normal way of
I’ll admit: the holiday season can put me on edge. But this year it’s not just
I can pick you out in a crowd—the light in your eyes, the warmth of
If you’ve ever spent time around someone who thinks they know everything, you’ve got a pretty
