As a young person, I faced relentless teasing for my size, name and abilities. No one seemed to understand, not even my mother. I remember her saying to me, “Leslie you are beautiful and gifted, what are you so upset about? Straighten up!” Those words,...
When I began global ministry I had two part-time jobs and attended Bible school full-time in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, but the key was my passion to begin ministry. One day the school had a guest come with a list of all the opportunities available in...
One of my most important life-experiences came as I was helping Jean, a woman who attended our weekly feeding program. Our local city had issued a notice that she was to clean up her property or they would haul off all her possessions. What was...
September 2015 I believe the life that God offers us is to walk in the same way that His Son, Jesus, walked—and to walk that way in our world today with its unique challenges. Each challenge is an opportunity to discover the God-solution and grow in...
My brother-in-law Pat is one of those amazing individuals who exemplifies the “COURAGE TO CARE.” Several years ago he was fighting a fire in downtown Detroit, a city that is infamous for the fires set in its scores of abandoned buildings. What did Pat do? He...
If you find yourself lost in clarity of purpose, there is always a way back. Even the prodigal son found himself after he ate with the pigs. You can't get much lower than enjoying some corn on the cob with a hog on the other...
The boundaries are limitless for our prayer life! If you have a concern or a problem, you have been given a free invitation to pray about everything. As children we badger our parents with every kind of question imaginable. We learn that we have open...
We are designed to fly. All our internal signals are like a cockpit of a plane equipped to give us lift in life and a sense of soaring over circumstances. All we need to do then is release the weights that hold us. Start with...