Author Archives: carolyncustisjames

“After 9/11, the French newspaper Le Monde declared: We Are All Americans. And after yesterday’s earthquake: Today, we are all Haitians. No country seems to have had worse luck with misrule, environmental mismanagement, natural disasters and poor governance than Haiti. … Continue reading →

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family for two years during the Holocaust, died at the age of 100. She preserved Anne’s diary which was eventually published by Anne’s father and has given the world an intimate … Continue reading →

One more week and Synergy is heading to Chicago! It seems ages since John Armstrong, President of ACT3, first contacted me with the idea of bringing Synergy to the “Windy City.” This is Synergy’s first venture beyond the warmth of … Continue reading →

Note: Earlier today, Frank posted the following on the Three Mt. Hood Climbers blog. Please keep the families, the searchers, and the two remaining climbers in your prayers. The names are different, but the agony is the same. Instead of … Continue reading →

“We don’t have to have daughters anymore!” The statement comes from Half the Sky, a powerful book I finished reading recently, in which Pulitzer Prize winning authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn chronicle the disturbing ongoing global crisis involving women … Continue reading →

Last March—the day before Synergy2009 to be exact—Frank was appointed Provost at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. That decision triggered a wild and crazy year. We sold our house, packed up, and moved to New England (Boxford, Massachusetts to be … Continue reading →

The Gospel of Ruth is now out in Spanish. I just received my advance copy of el Evangelio de Rut in today’s mail. Made my day! Scheduled for release Dec 1—just in time for Christmas giving!

“Was Paul disappointed when the Holy Spirit led him to a group of praying women? Did he fear the feminization of the church in Philippi? Was he looking for a few good men to take over this new ministry that … Continue reading →

“When a man partners with a strong woman, everyone benefits…. What I find remarkable is that more men around the globe don’t realize how much stronger they would be if partnered with a strong woman.Way too often and in too … Continue reading →

Here’s what Spurgeon had to say about the response of Jesus’ disciples when they found him talking with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:27). Sounds a lot like the Blessed Alliance to me. “First, it was sufficiently offensive … Continue reading →