I had been planning this letter for a while for the kids under my roof, but as I sit here in the middle of COVID-19, the situation has certainly changed. I am thinking about the graduates I love in Cincinnati, Nigeria, Mexico, and around the world. There won’t be teary-eyed pictures, taken after a long… Read more
For years, my family was the Christmas and Easter family. We didn’t attend church weekly, we didn’t even attend church monthly, but we were always present for Christmas Eve and Easter Sunday services. It wasn’t until I was well into my twenties, I became a regular church-goer. So many things were new to me –… Read more
This is the week that allows us to dream- all the rest of the days of the year- about stories of reconciliation and restoration and redemption and rescue and repair. This is the week the Lord wrote with incredible intentionality, from Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday. Every detail is rich with meaning. The story started… Read more
This month, I’ve been thinking about the difference between living as a child of God and living with more of what I think of as an “orphan spirit.” I know I’m a child of God. I know what John 1 talks about – I understand that means I’ve been forgiven, redeemed, reconciled, called, and loved. But my… Read more
“If These Walls Could Talk” is a blog series we’re excited to share with you. Across the Back2Back sites, there are structures – palapas, front porches, swing sets, tap-taps, surf boards – where you may have gathered on a trip with us. We gather to connect with each other, with vulnerable children, with hard working parents… Read more
In this month of love, Beth shares about the Hebrew word “ahavah” and how it can shape our ideas about love. Listen in as she reveals the practice she and Todd developed 15 years ago to fight busyness and fatigue in their marriage. Never miss an episode of Around the Kitchen Table: Subscribe on YouTube… Read more
Happy New Year! January is a great time to ask ourselves what we want God to do in and through us in the coming year. It’s also a time to remind ourselves that He wastes nothing. Join Beth today as she shares about an intense surgery she went through in 2016, and the many lessons… Read more
In this episode of Around the Kitchen Table, Beth shares briefly about a beloved member of her and Todd’s family, Meme, who was recently called Home to be with Jesus. She reflects on how, in Meme’s final moments, worship was all she could recall from memory; she shares about the place where Jesus came to be… Read more
The teens took in their surroundings as the city pulsed with activity around them. They stretched their necks back to look up at the tall buildings, moving slowly so as not to miss anything and to avoid entering traffic. The Transition Program Students were in Abuja, Nigeria, but it felt like they were in a different… Read more
Join Beth as she shares how sometimes, God gives us only bite-sized Truths to sustain us in a particular moment and carry us to the next. By whispering truths to their adopted son through the adoption process, Beth and Todd relearned, and were able to teach one of their children, this is why we sew… Read more