Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

Does life have you doing circles in the desert? If so, you're not alone. And God hasn't given up on you. Last week, the summer e...

I received a precious gift earlier this week made by one of my students. Its stunning beauty spoke in parables to me about the glory that co...

Thanks to the recommendation of a dear friend, I've been reading A Blossom in the Desert: Reflections of Faith in the Art and Writings...

Over at the Wheaton blog I've just published a review of Gordon T. Smith's Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturit...

God has gifts to give us that can only come wrapped in suffering. We would rather not receive them. We’d rather mark them “return to se...

Clayton Keenon delivered the third message in Wheaton's grad chapel series, "The Gospel according to Moses," offering an up-...

I've been thinking a lot lately about a very difficult season Danny and I went through almost 10 years ago. We were in the Philippines, ...

I'm reading H. Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture for a class by that name with Dr. Daniel Treier that begins this morning. Niebuh...

"We have replaced repentance with blessing, discipleship with joy, servanthood with power, vulnerability with predictability, an...

If you're new to my blog, then you might not know that Danny and I have been missionaries with SIM for the past 10 years. I was recently...

This is a controversial issue. My husband, Danny, posted a question about Halloween on Facebook, and within a day or two there were several ...

I have officially finished my Masters thesis [insert huge sigh of relief]. It has been an exciting project to work on in many ways, but the ...

Last year at ETS I experienced a rapid succession of divine appointments for 3 days straight.  This year felt different because I did a lot ...