Posts tagged Personal Reflections

We All Need a Savior

Today my Muslim friend told me she is afraid. The kind of “safe” I feel is what makes me different.

Myra CraneMarch 24, 2020Praying for Muslim Women, Conversations with Muslim Women, Personal Reflections, COVID-19Comment

The Shepherd's Love

I could barely contain my hope for the direction this conversation was taking. Instantly, I felt Jesus right there.

Myra CraneMarch 11, 2020Personal Reflections, Devotional Thoughts, Conversations with Muslim WomenComment

Celebrating Christ with Muslims

There is not a person in our family who would not be able to recount our first Christmas in the Muslim country where we served.

Myra CraneDecember 23, 2019Christmas, Personal Reflections, Devotional ThoughtsComment

The Power of the Cookie

There is power in the kitchen, in gathering in this sacred space with our Muslim friends.

Aria MorganDecember 16, 2019Conversations with Muslim Women, Christmas, Personal ReflectionsComment

Easter's Lamb

This Easter, as we gratefully reflect on this important time with family, friends and colleagues, we also remember the hundreds of millions of Muslims who have yet to be served the Truth about this Lamb of God.

Myra CraneApril 19, 2019Easter, Personal ReflectionsComment

Guarded Steps

I’m in a South Asian neighborhood in the Bronx, New York, looking out the window of a great city church into the face of a very large mosque, which sits just across the street.

Myra CraneApril 12, 2019Personal Reflections, Devotional ThoughtsComment

My Prayer on International Women's Day

I see beautiful women who don’t know their own worth because they don’t yet know the Christ.

Ruth WalkerMarch 8, 2019Praying for Muslim Women, International Women's Day, Personal Reflections Comment

Thinking about Muslim Friends on This Ash Wednesday

I never thought much of Ash Wednesday before, since in my denomination the Lenten ritual of having the sign of the cross caressed into one’s forehead with symbolic ash isn’t really practiced.

Myra CraneMarch 6, 2019Easter, Personal Reflections, Devotional ThoughtsComment

World Hijab or Not Day

I am a follower of Jesus. I have lived in a fundamentalist Muslim nation, and I have visited Muslim nations that identify with varied levels of conservativism and manifold veil practices.

Myra CraneFebruary 11, 2019Personal Reflections, Devotional Thoughts, Hijab/VeilComment

A New Year, a New Life for Muslims

As I sit with my resolutions goals in hand in several key areas, I can’t help but think of Jesus and His wondrous ability to make all things new. His Word brims over with all the ways He loves and longs to do so. This year I find myself simply wanting more.

Ruth WalkerJanuary 15, 2019Personal Reflections, Devotional Thoughts, Praying for Muslim WomenComment

How Do You See Muslim Women?

She leaned across the table and pierced my eyes and my heart with her words: “I am sitting here with my hijab. You are there with your blonde hair. And yet we can talk like this.”

Ruth WalkerJuly 28, 2018Conversations with Muslim Women, Personal ReflectionsComment

A Grandmother's Kindness

That day our interaction with this couple challenged my thinking. I met the person and the family behind the voice.

Aria MorganMarch 17, 2016Conversations with Muslim Women, Personal ReflectionsComment