Last year, we prayed 2020 would be the Year of the Bible. A year where people found their story in God’s story by passionately engaging Scripture for an entire year. And God answered! Nearly 41 million people across 187 countries turned to the Bible for inspiration. In… Read More

What can we expect this year? There’s no telling. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s how unpredictable a year can be. But one thing we can be sure of is that the Lord’s kindness never fails, (Lamentations 3:22). Although 2020 has been filled with challenges, God’s mercies are new every… Read More

My “Year of the Bible” began when I was 14. During a long struggle with insomnia, I turned to Bible reading at night for months on end as a Junior High student. Hours spent reading, praying, and more reading. Then transformation came. Before I could place how exactly, God’s Word… Read More

In Mexico the national illiteracy rate is 8.4 percent, but among indigenous peoples it is 44 percent. Although Scripture is available for 16 of the 60 plus native languages, these beautiful indigenous people need to hear the Gospel in order to understand and accept it. Bringing God’s Word to… Read More

This time last year I was vision boarding. A couple of friends and I gathered magazines, art supplies, poster boards, and made vision boards capturing our hopes and dreams for the upcoming year. Then 2020 happened. I thought I would be reading more books and travelling to places unknown,… Read More

“I was addicted to bad habits,” said Senura, a Sri Lankan teen. “I used to criticize people who are weaker than me and hurt and traumatize them.” Senura was carrying pain that enabled him to hurt others. But Senura’s life was about to change. Senura participated in a… Read More

I still remember where the framed fabric was displayed in my childhood home. Its timeless words were lovingly sewn on antique cream cloth, etched in jagged blue-thread letters surrounded by beautiful pastel handsewn flowers. The quote read, “Sometimes God calms the storm, and sometimes, He lets the storm rage and… Read More

Waiting. We’ve done a lot of it this year. We’ve waited for quarantine periods to end, loved ones to recover, covid-19 vaccines, solutions to social injustice issues, and election results. Many of us would agree, there is both joy and pain in waiting. It reminds me of one… Read More

This year, singing was a common theme. As Covid-19 erupted around the world, thousands turned to singing. From YouTube parodies, to people singing from their balconies, and apartment building sing-a-longs- singing brought communities together. What a wonderful reminder of the power of singing through crisis. That singing helps us… Read More

There is great joy in southern Nigeria! Epie and Ogbia speakers now have access to God’s Word in their mother tongues. This momentous milestone was marked by two celebrations. On September 22, 2020, just five years after the Bible translation project got underway, people gathered at the Ogbia Brotherhood… Read More