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  WRITINGS AND SUCH
  Well, we like to talk (mostly Adam), and we like to write (mostly Chrissy).

Click below to read some of the yet-unpublished articles and book chapters Chrissy has written in the last few years, on topics from missions to motherhood. Enjoy them! If you want copies of the book or permission to use the articles for more than personal use, please contact us. Click on the title to download the Adobe PDF files. If you have trouble opening the files, please download Adobe Reader here.

Chrissy

Adam
Chrissy writes a biweekly column for the Oshkosh Northwestern (daily circulation: 25,000) about living in South Africa. She also writes for her neighborhood’s newspaper. Her work also has been published or is about to appear in The Gardener, MOMSense, The Lookout, BGC World, Adventure Motorcycle, On Mission, and Relevant.  She keeps writing high-quality passages from her smart, deep heart.

Adam’s words and images have appeared or will appear in Adventure Motorcycle, Backroads, BikeSA, Camera&Image, The Citizen, Dirt&Quad, Dreams, Enduro World, Farmer’s Weekly, The Gardener, MOMSense,  Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, Motorcycles: On the Road Again, The Oshkosh Northwestern, Overland Journal, Pix, Relevant, Superbike (South Africa), TopBike, and WebBikeWorld.com.  He likes motorcycling, of course, but also finds ways to say things that need to be said. 

Craving Pure Spiritual Milk
Two sample chapters of a book of spiritual reflections specifically on the wonders and challenges of life as a mom. Contact me for complete manuscript.
Like newborn babes, crave pure spiritual milk.
-1 Peter 2:2
A newborn needs milk eight to twelve times a day.
How often does a new mother need spiritual nourishment?
Throughout her daily activities of rocking, feeding, calming and entertaining her newborn, a mother’s heart cries out for more. She hungers for a time to pray, to laugh, to understand. Amazingly, God has placed in newborns infinite reminders of Him, reminders that are the very nourishment a mother needs, if she will only stop to receive. The title of this book, based on 1 Peter 2:2, describes the deepest need in young mothers: they crave God, and yet they need to receive him in pure, easily digestible, optimally nourishing form.

"Ezekiel's Tears"
A story, not about my son Ezekiel, as you might expect, but retelling a portion of the Bible’s book of Ezekiel, through the eyes of a bystander.
Abstract coming.

"Missions Sucks"
An essay on the reality of life as a follower of Christ.
So you want to be a missionary? You want to pray for a missionary? You want to live like a missionary in your own neighborhood? I’ve got some bad news.