Marked by a Question
It all started with the smallest of promptings. So slight they nearly went unnoticed. Questions. Wonderings. You could call it a gentle nudge, an open tab on my mind’s...
Category: Change/Transition
A Tight-Nit Community
There was nothing on our island that said "community" like a good old-fashioned lice-picking party. The women chattered endlessly as they combed through each other's hair,...
Awake, O My Soul
“Awake, awake!” I heard it first in the playlist I randomly chose as background music called “Awake, My Soul.” And there it was again in the...
Truth-Telling Creativity
A few years ago I was back in Australia, my passport country, for a short whirlwind of visiting and support raising. Sydney was my final stop – here I...
Walk On: The Tension in Moving Forward
In some circles my story is really not that unique. In 2019, two days before Christmas, my family boarded an airplane to take a family vacation. Before we made...
The Ups and Downs of Planning
“I just know what’s going to happen,” I looked at my husband with a laugh. “We’re going to make this reservation and things will get canceled again.”...
2020. The Year of Abundance?
They say hindsight is 20/20 and if it’s one thing we all have an abundance of after walking—better yet, limping —through 2020, its hindsight alright. I’m...
Parting with Tradition
December has arrived, and with it the full onslaught of Christmas preparations. Our house is decorated; now I’m turning my attention to the holiday baking, gift-buying, and end-of-the-year and...
10 Questions to Ask During the Pandemic Pause
“Time is flying by. And time is standing still,” a friend observed to me the other day, trying to sum up how life has felt during the coronavirus pandemic....
Changing the Goal: Transformation within Transition
Teary eyes give way to the gleam of expectation as "beautiful feet" cross the threshold between the known and unknown. With the Gospel work firmly implanted in her deepest...
