Turning Burdens into Passions {The Yes Effect Book Now Available}
My name may be in small print on the cover, but my feelings for this book are BIG. I have been mentored by these stories since our interviews in Geneva, Switzerland, three years ago and as I’ve worked with 10/40 Window missions strategist, Luis Bush, to write...
Little Boats that Sail Me to You
They bring in a boombox like a weapon to send us away. Speakers shout out ugly songs, more obnoxious than loud Hawaiian shirts. A twisted face. A gruff voice. Arms crossed. Cigarette smoke clouds our space. Beer swirls with chlorine. Eyes glaze over like frosted glass...
When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Lemon Bars
This holiday season, we were singing the “Twelve Days of Sickness” instead of the “Twelve Days of Christmas.” What started in mid-December with puke buckets and snot rags continued all season long and made us wonder if Christmas would happen...
Contemplation, Creativity, and Companions by the Sea
The first time I opened Gift from the Sea, I was pedaling barefoot on the exercise bike in the basement. It’s the story of this stage of my life, I’m circling my legs around in full stride only to realize I’m a hamster in a wheel. I stopped pedaling...
I’m Darcy Wiley, co-writer of The Yes Effect: Accepting God’s Invitation to Transform the World Around You. I’m an explorer at heart… Read more