The joy and loss of transition
"How does one say goodbye to a home and friends that are now like family knowing that you will not see many of them again?" After years of service in Asia, Iona is returning
An idea for us all in 2025
It seems this is a recurring theme for me – I get to this point every year, and I can't believe how quickly the year has gone by and how close Christmas is. I
What’s behind a smile?
"When people are happy they smile." (Proverbs 15.13). There were certainly lots of big smiles when Jill Tait and her team started a denture-making clinic earlier this year in Papua New Guinea. In
You are exactly the right age!
Here I was, somewhere in the Middle East, ministering through art projects to some teenagers locked in a social welfare home because their family circumstances had become unsafe. One of the girls pictured had
Where could it be?
Imagine a country where vultures and eagles perch in treetops outside your window. Or another one where bird-of-paradise feathers are perched on top of people’s heads at festivals. There are opportunities open right now
Hanna’s road to Japan
How do cross-cultural workers end up in the place God has prepared them for? Sometimes it's a fast, clear pathway. Sometimes it's far from that, with twists and delays. Hanna's call to Japan had





