The Enneagram and Me
The room was dark when I scooped up the scattered shoes and sprinkled them into the bench by the back door. The host of the podcast I was listening to...
Category: Relationships
Seeking, Not Fearing, Glory {The Grove: Fear Not}
Over the past few weeks every time I bump into Christmas décor at the stores, I have to catch a sob, while my eyes well up. This is not new....
Learning to Savor
I recently completed personality type training for my new job. Third full-time job. Third personality type. But while the title of my personality has changed based on the categories given,...
5 Strengths You’ll Gain From a Cross-Cultural Friendship {The Grove: Friends}
Ah, I love friendships! Cultivating new ones, delving deeper into old ones, resting comfortably in an ever-present one, or savoring the delight of physical time with a normally-distant friend. I’d...
Mucoore Wakwa, My Friend
When I first arrived in the barren land of Eastern Kenya, a thin young woman at the translation center approached me cautiously with her hand out and greeted me in...
Zooming Out to Find Perspective
Ask someone who has lived their whole life in one place about friendship, and they’ll tell you about their best friend that goes back at least thirty years. They probably...
A Different Kind of Rich
“God giving you a husband does not prove his goodness- marriage isn’t even inherently good. But God is good, always…. When God’s goodness becomes dependent on his delivery, you have...
Laboring in Community {The Grove: Labor}
Recently my daughter-in-law invited me to be present during the labor and delivery of our first grandchild. Her mother, my son and I made quite a “labor team” as we...
On Becoming an Outsider
I had never been on the other side before. I grew up as an insider - I was of the majority demographic in my community, raised in the suburbs of...
The Two-Way Street of Community {The Grove: Sayings}
“Klooen tee bung klooen.” “Depend on yourself.” This common Cambodian phrase surprised me as I learned in the early years to appreciate the generous and interdependent culture of...
