I LOVE journals. I love them lined and ordered or full of blank pages awaiting the freedom found by a pen with few limits. I love them adorned with beautiful printed fronts or simple leather covers. Spiral bound or bound …
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I keep four months of huge calendar pages on our kitchen wall. It helps me look ahead and know what is coming up and at least pretend like I have a handle on what is coming up down the road …
This year our family is spending Christmas with my sister and her husband in their home in Kotzebue, Alaska. We flew into their village of 3,000 north of the Arctic Circle on Sunday evening to spend our last holiday season …
I don’t think I will ever forget the day that it arrived in our mailbox. It was a few months into our son’s kindergarten year and there it was, all glossy and bold on the cover of TIME magazine. “RAPE”, …
As hard as it is to wait, I am a firm believer in saving all things Christmas until after Thanksgiving. We were up in Michigan this past weekend with family to consume massive amounts of turkey and then headed home …
A week ago today we were waking up to the sound of roosters and barking dogs just miles from the equator for the first time in four years. It is hard to believe that that much time has passed since …
This past week it has been repeated that my (Chris’) grandfather was “a man of few words.” To try to pay tribute to one of the most influential people in my life in a few words is extremely difficult. Last …
Yesterday we took pictures and paintings and prints I love down off our walls.
At the end of next week, Chris and I will be headed to Quito for a week. We will be attending a regional retreat for the …
With a move on the horizon that will uproot our family and replant us thousands of miles from our community and family, I spend most of my moments in one of two camps.
In some of these moments I like …
Hi all! Just another quick fundraising update. So happy to share that we are now 50% funded and met our goal to reach that mark by September. Thank you so much for your faithfulness and joining us in partnership with …
STORIES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH, THE EVERYDAY AND LIFE OVERSEAS.
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