This fall we lost a precious friend, colleague and fellow traveler on God’s journey to finding our place in God’s story. Shannon Brasher served as our director of social media, making valuable contributions every day to the ministry’s growth. Her path prior to joining Alliance was an arduous and painful journey through personal brokenness...

In reading about Paul’s charge to Timothy in I Timothy 4:14-16, I am stirred to share some very key points that every believer needs to pay attention to. “Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed upon you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands...

In December 2007, I found myself in a particularly difficult stretch of work. A difficult supervisor.  An unchallenging work assignment.  A restless feeling of being underutilized, maybe not a little under-appreciated.  I found myself in the Valley of Achor (Hosea 2:14-15). Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her...

I met Christy in Beattyville, Kentucky, a small town in Lee County located in the extreme eastern part of the state.  I would have guessed her age at being somewhere in her mid-thirties until our conversation revealed that she was merely a young woman of 21 years.  Our paths had...

A dear friend of mine sent me a great quote that I think drives home the point that–to the degree that we have opportunity–it is always better to do things together than on our own. This idea, that we must do mission together, in a company of men and women...