Minding Your Heart
It was first year church history class at seminary, and I was sitting with my group preparing for a presentation. These were four of the most intelligent men and...
Category: A New Outlook
It’s Time to Be Loved
I’ve spent weeks trying to get this post started. I wanted to talk about education and routine along with my own sense of apathy towards this coming year. Yet,...
Looking for the Good
Like many other countries worldwide, South Africa has slowly been lowering our levels of lockdown and life is gradually returning to what we once knew as normal. For most...
A Disrupted Life
I was in 5th grade when my dad decided to leave. I came home from school and my parents sat my sister and me on the stairs that led...
Finding Hope to Dream Again
I read books, talked to other international teachers, and knew re-entry would be a bumpy ride but I was not prepared for the loneliness, waves of sadness, and months...
God In the Pause
When we pause, we have opportunity to reflect. We get some distance from daily life as we know it, and with it some perspective. COVID provided...
Learning to Land
From the balcony window I can look out over the city and see the airport, usually marked by the coming and going of planes, in the distance. Often, I...
No Parties, Please
I’m not a fan of celebrations. Christmas, birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, it doesn’t matter what the holiday is, they all feel ridiculous to me and hold a layer of sadness....
Bend Back
Where does one even begin when looking back at 2020? For so many it’s been a year of loss, grief, isolation, and separation. And in the...
The Burdened Outcast + Blueberry Muffins
I think we can all agree it’s been quite an interesting first half of 2020. The memes remind us to laugh a little at all the chaos happening in...
