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Key Truths for seeking hearts

Seeing and healing from what is toxic in the church – seeking what is precious, and truly God

A diverse gathering of people whose faces we cannot see kneel in a circle with their hands outstretched toward the center and almost touching.

A song, a Savior, his love for us all

  • Post published:June 26, 2026
  • Post category:Knowing and Going with God
  • Post last modified:August 27, 2026

How a once-in-a-lifetime trip and a remarkable song opened my heart to people and to “the Savior of the world, the Lord who loves us all.”

Newspaper clipping from 1991: Deborah and teammates on Red Square. Deborah, standing on box, pauses talking, looks at her notes, while Alla beside her translates. Three team members in background listen. So do two men, one of them a Soviet soldier.

Extraordinary times – and a most extraordinary God

  • Post published:October 16, 2021
  • Post category:My Story/Times and Seasons
  • Post last modified:August 27, 2026

In extraordinary times, all eyes turn toward what seems most remarkable. If we let him, our extraordinary God will remind us who actually is.

Colorful, ornate St. Basil Cathedral, against a deep blue sky with gathering white-gray cumulus clouds. Next to the huge cathedral, the people crossing the huge square look rather like ants.

When getting started is the struggle

  • Post published:August 27, 2021
  • Post category:My Story/Times and Seasons
  • Post last modified:August 27, 2026

It's said, “Starting is half the battle.” But for our team, our mission, getting started was the battle, the struggle that would not quit.

First morning of 1991 Soviet coup attempt: tank in foreground, Red Square in background, St Basil Cathedral on right

An August coup, God’s promise of breakthrough

  • Post published:August 19, 2021
  • Post category:My Story/Times and Seasons
  • Post last modified:August 27, 2026

The August coup that dismantled the Soviet Union rocked my world too. Then, breakthrough! How it looks when God opens a door no one can shut.

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