by Soulcare Anchoress | Apr 30, 2024 | Answer, Gift, Prayer, Shiloh
On April 20, 2024 an answered prayer and gift from God entered into this world. My son, Sammy, and his wife, Emily, welcomed a beautiful daughter, Eliana Shiloh Hoag. 🎉 Big sister, Eve, expressed delight that a baby sister has joined the family. Eliana in Hebrew means...
by Soulcare Anchoress | Apr 16, 2024 | Protect, Safe, Shelter
We began the last session of the first day of “The Care of Souls” class and I noticed my students picking up their phones. A slow mutter moved throughout the room. After a few moments, one of my students looked at me and said, “We need to move to...
by Soulcare Anchoress | Apr 2, 2024 | Glad, Pleased, Ukraine
After two flights, three car rides, and three commuting trains, we arrived to Khust, Ukraine. Gary and I spoke with a local church from the story of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17). I shared spiritual practices to cultivate one’s spiritual journey and connection with...
by Soulcare Anchoress | Mar 19, 2024 | Invitation, Soul Care
I feel excited. This week Gary and I embark on at 19-day journey. We will travel over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) by air, train, bus, and car, through five countries, with focused ministry in Czech Republic and Ukraine. I wonder if this matches how the apostle Paul felt...
by Soulcare Anchoress | Mar 5, 2024 | Hear, Incline, Voice
The last two weeks overflowed with sweet fellowship, delicious coffee, homemade cuisine, peaceful walks, entertaining car rides, bumpy flights, sandy toes, and a variety of unfamiliar vocabulary and conversational phrases. Here are a few new words I encountered while...