Sorrow and Suffering: Traveling Companions {Book Club}
Here in Kenya, there are people called Intercessors. We had intercessors back in the US, too. But these are different. In the US, they were people who were committed...
Taking Things Personally {Book Club}
The electricity was off (of course), and the heat was oppressive. We had no water, so my husband had gone to another neighborhood to fill 15 20-liter jugs with...
Uncomfortable Love in Community {Book Club}
Who are the people who are hard for you to love? I was struck several years ago by a conversation about curiosity here in Book...
Named and Known {Book Club}
Do you ever feel nameless? In Cambodia I called everyone by a family name, like sister or auntie or grandfather. It is comforting in a...
Standing on the Holy Ground of Brokenness {Book Club}
“Sometimes the holiest ground is the emptiest”. I have not known poverty to the extent Alia Joy describes in chapters 2 and 3 of her...
We Don’t Want to Be Weak {Book Club}
I had such big dreams when I moved overseas. I was going where no one else was heading, sharing Jesus with those who had never heard about him before....
Re-imagining Hospitality: An Interview and a Giveaway! {Book Club}
Today we are welcoming Leslie Verner to Book Club! She is no stranger to Velvet Ashes, as you'll find out below, and I've had the fun opportunity of meeting...
Lessons From Born a Crime {Book Club}
“Ask her ‘mwirio,’” my husband said. His sister/cousin turned to me and said, “Mwirio?” I responded, appropriately, “Nambola. Simanya uwe?”...
Imago Dei, Cross Culturally {Book Club}
In Kenya, public transportation is dominated by matatus - 15 passenger vans that follow routes around a city or between cities. The first time I visited Kenya, there was...
Relationships and a Cultural Chameleon {Book Club}
“Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them--and that is what apartheid stole...
