When Traveling is Turbulent
It was four in the morning and beads of sweat were already dripping down my forehead. I had carried my two fifty pound bags down five flights of stairs, my...
Category: Life Overseas
How Ethnocentrism is Lost in the Wanderer’s Heart
ethnocentrismˌ ɛθnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/ noun evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. Feelings on race relations...
Anxiety as Extra Baggage
Years ago, I was on a flight from Seattle to Moscow, Idaho. I had just spent a week away in Minneapolis with my husband getting vetted for cross-cultural work, I...
Coming Back to Life {The Grove: Refresh}
There is so much that must die in us in this life. It starts with a thought, a consideration, perhaps a calling. It starts at an altar,...
M A R G I N {A THINK TANK}
I have this bad habit of wanting to cram too much information on a single page of paper. Whether it’s a marketing graphic or a party invitation or I’m just...
Curating Inner Revival with the Instagram Team
If you follow us on Instagram, you may have noticed an increase in images and inspiration from all over the world. That's all due to our Velvet Ashes Instagram Team!...
The Everything and Nothing of Change {The Grove: Reorientation}
It was a Tuesday morning in August. It was my mother's birthday. It was the day everything changed, and nothing really changed. The day had finally...
Emmanuel: the Presence of God, Confined
We’re home for the holidays for the first time in a few years. My eyes have gaped thirsty at pumpkin patches and fall leaves and Christmas wreaths, the stuff that...
Merry Christmas, Velvet Ashes
May the wonder of Immanuel fill you this day. "God... with... us..." The gift of His presence May you find pause to let that...
The Gift of Peace
“My peace I give unto you It's a peace that the world cannot give It's a peace that the world cannot understand Peace to know, peace to...
