7 October 2023

Continuing with the song “Tend” by Bethel Music and Emmy Rose:

“Through winter, I’m still alive 
What You’ve planted in the dirt 
Is ever reaching to the light

You prepare me for dar...

7 October 2023

After hearing this song from my daughter’s playlist, I could not stop playing it over and over again. Every word, so beautifully crafted, was as though God understands exactly what I a...

October 2, 2023

Last week, I dreamt of my parents. I haven’t seen them for a long time since their passing more than 30 years ago. They looked young and happy.

The next day, my brother Sam was admi...

December 25, 2023

Dressing up for our COBS Christmas celebration at the Eden Restaurant in town over a week ago, I felt I needed to wear my pearl necklace. Pearls are not my thing. I bought this stri...

December 2023

This is the final post of thanksgiving from our community in China.

Last November, the Lord impressed upon Sara, after our retreat in Pai, to start a Lifeboat Fund to help our brothers...

December 2023

As we draw near Christmas, we want to take a break from our series of posts on “Bringing up Sara” to give thanks to God. This is a series of thanksgiving reports from our community in C...

December 2023

As we draw near Christmas, we want to take a break from our series of posts on “Bringing up Sara” to give thanks to God. This is a series of thanksgiving reports from our community in C...

December 2023

As we draw near Christmas, we want to take a break from our series of posts on “Bringing up Sara” to give thanks to God. This is a series of thanksgiving reports from our community in C...

December 2023

As we draw near Christmas, we want to take a break from our series of posts on “Bringing up Sara” to give thanks to God. This is a series of thanksgiving reports from our community in C...

Circa 2015 – 2019

As we come to the end of this series “Bringing Up Sara”, let me emphatically say that neither the COBS members or myself are prophets nor do we harbour any intentions to be one, ...