“I haven’t had a letter from my friend since you were here last year.” “Do you have news of my friend? I have not heard from them.” “Do you have letters for us? I miss reading words from my friend.” To my chagrin, I was discovering a common theme among my young Russian friends during … Continue reading letters
Community
normal, pt. 2
Note: This post was mostly created on November 13, 2016 as I was digesting my time in Russia while flying back to Denver. I love languages, and I really love a familiarity with language that allows my ear to hear a new slang in the languages cultures use. This happened when I got to Russia … Continue reading normal, pt. 2
tears
My hand was on his arm and my voice questioning what was wrong today, when I saw the first tears silently run down his cheeks and drip onto his shorts as he stared across the yard, refusing to look me in the eye, yet unmoving from my vicinity. Thanks to our younger friend, who was … Continue reading tears
gather
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the … Continue reading gather
disciplines
There are certain things I am good at and certain things I am not good at. Running for instance, I suck at running. Swimming…I can hold my own, as long as you have no competition aspirations for me. Numbers. Just don’t. I can’t even. Words. Addicted. LOVE them! I do know how to read a … Continue reading disciplines
torn
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
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
bless
I once heard ‘bless’ interpreted as the tangible touch of God, and it has been burned into my vernacular ever since. I just love the thought that we can feel God’s love for us through the blessings that pour into our lives every day, coupled with the fact that we could be a part of … Continue reading bless
church
Where I live, wheelbarrows have many uses. As general transportation, gravel mover, nap location, boom box blast station and storefront…among other uses I am sure I am not aware of in Haiti. The point is that it is still the same object, a wheelbarrow. But the creativity, sometimes out of lack of anything else, of … Continue reading church
jesus
‘Who do you say I am?’ Jesus asked his disciples this in Matthew 16:15, and since it came on my radar last weekend I cannot get it to stop playing on a loop in my head. Jesus asked the disciples in Matthew 16:13, ‘Who do people say the son of man is?’ and they go … Continue reading jesus
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