Sandy Wisdom-Martin

The family gathers to celebrate life. A shared history bridges the gap of miles that separate us on a daily basis. Once pleasantries are exchanged, we settle into our chairs and lose ourselves in days gone by. Adult playtime begins through reminiscing. The stories of our childhood and youth rejuvenate our hearts and breathe life into our souls.

Illinois WMU president Kaye Shipley and I were traveling late one night. We had already been in the van together for 16 hours. After exhausting every potential discussion topic, we sat quietly in the

Despite a major winter storm that impacted travel across the country and brought a blanket of snow to Birmingham, approximately 180 missions leaders gathered for national WMU’s board meeting, Jan. 11–

I had the joy of participating in the MK Re-Entry Retreat in Missouri a few months ago. While there, one of the missionary kids asked whether I wanted to go on the adventure course. “Absolutely!” We p

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” —Hebrews 10:24 (NIV) Long lines. Exhaustion. Overstimulated children. Heavy traffic. Extensive to-do lists. Extended cr

Last month, I started the story of a modern-day Adoniram Judson, who waited seven long and painful years before seeing the first convert in the people group he and his family served. Here’s how that c

Last year, I met Adoniram Judson. Not, of course, the Adoniram Judson, famous missionary to Burma (which is now the nation of Myanmar) in the early 1800s who didn’t have one convert until his seventh

One day, my shower starting losing water pressure. Then my husband and I felt a warm sensation under our feet when we walked into our bedroom. Our carpet was soaked with warm water. We called a plumbe

Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was a bishop in the Moravian Church and a leader of eighteenth-century Protestantism. He is credited with saying, “Missions, after all, is simply this: Every heart

I don’t know how the topic came up, but I told someone at the office I had 100,000 craft sticks. When he asked why in the world one would own 100,000 craft sticks, I told him I got them because they w

Kate, a young member of a Girls in Action group, approached her parents in the fall of 2023 with the idea of doing a project for Haiti. They thought it might be something small, but she told them she

Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer for WMU, led a conversation about mental health on the CP Stage in the Exhibit Hall prior to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention on