Shattered into a multitude of pieces is what my life typically feels like. You would think I am used to it by now. I want to be so many places all at the same time. It literally feels like a ragged ripping with a painful element of being torn...how is it this possible to feel … Continue reading torn
Author: Stephanie Mutert
reality
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own. [Margaret Mead] As I have been sent out into other cultures over the last … Continue reading reality
joy
God's glory saturated yesterday. And it was spectacular. Friends, it was lovely and packed with memories I will not soon forget. And in a time where memories are made every day the fact that my smile is still plastered across my face, and probably making everyone think I am making fun of them in … Continue reading joy
holy moments
Lord, who am I that you would honor me with your presence? Who am I that you would call me chosen? Who am I that you would call me into an intimate journey with you? The inner ramblings of my soul were intensified after a holy encounter at Leogane last week. It was an odd … Continue reading holy moments
go
It’s Easter. Today I woke up, put on a dress (my least favorite thing to wear, ever, which is why Sunday afternoons are basketball shorts/sweatpants capri days to reward my morning sacrifice), and walked to church with Dexter (also known as Rogelin, who is a student living at the Pathways building). Who consequently got some … Continue reading go
refuge
There is this song I remember singing in choir. It had a great harmony and I loved the liturgical chanting beat. It was based off of Psalm 46…and before we go any further, allow me to answer that burning question in your mind. Yes, I was a choir nerd. I know, I know. It takes … Continue reading refuge
breath
Take a deep breath. No, really, a deep breath, right now. How did it feel? Try it again. It’s ok, don’t feel weird. Deep breath. Did you need that? Breathing comes so naturally to us that sometimes we forget we do it, but our bodies depend on it. Crazy, isn’t it, that this air that … Continue reading breath
truth
Note: I’ve felt led to share an open letter to my community of Jesus’ loving, sarcastic speakin’, community driven and radically living ladies who laugh with me and love me despite my inherent ability to sometimes be an asshole. Friends, three years ago this month I followed a crazy whim that the Holy Spirit had … Continue reading truth
believe
My heart was broken the other day. Not just a simple broken either, it was more a shattering, deep pain that was busting forth in front of my eyes that I couldn’t stop and in the end it tore me to shreads. I was sitting at a village and there was a young one asleep … Continue reading believe
endure
It is mesmerizing to me the conversations I get into and the powerful trust that is formed over just five days with those that are traveling to this intense place of extremes. It is not uncommon for those conversations to become electric with the tangible presence of the Holy Spirit. Walls are down, words are … Continue reading endure
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