Author Archives: marknicklas

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23) Like many boys his age, Hermann loved to climb trees. The lively eight-year-old was confident. He strove to mimic the effortless … Continue reading →

“… and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) Fourteen hours of flying in the economy section. Not something I was looking forward to when … Continue reading →

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! (Psalm 150:6) “In Nepal, we all look like we’re about to go somewhere,” Sheila laughed. We were meeting in the home of Dave and Sheila,* our friends in Nepal, and were all … Continue reading →

I don’t know the name of the ant that I encountered in the jungle here. It turns out that there are 1,393 species of ants in Papua New Guinea. ​This ravenous carnivour is just under a centimeter in length. What … Continue reading →

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12) In the zone of totality, a phenomenon that cannot … Continue reading →

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! (Psalms 139:23-24) On Friday, August 11, a few hundred … Continue reading →

So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year, they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples … Continue reading →