Let’s Talk About the Ban on Immigration
Here at Velvet Ashes we don’t feel the need to address every hot topic or voice an opinion on the trending controversy of the week. It’s just not who we are. We feel called to be a haven, a place of renewal. But… I don’t think we can have an open and honest conversation about […]
Border Crossing
It was a hot Friday afternoon, when we arrived in Accra, Ghana. My husband and I were on an overseas service trip to West Africa, from South Africa. The traffic was thick and it was sweltering, slow moving and chaotic. We looped down busy main streets and finally out on to the main highway that […]
Reconciling Race, Slowly by Slowly
I grew up in the rural South of the United States. I’m the exact definition of a WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant). I get ridiculously sunburned every time I go to the beach, I can binge eat any form of potatoes, and I was raised to nestle orderly in a church pew every Sunday with my […]
A Mixed Perspective + Amy’s Rutabaga Fries
We are a unique family. Even in the States, we stand out a bit; more so in some areas of the country than others. But in Asia, where we have served for nearly 7 years? We are a freak of nature. A zoo exhibit to stare at and sometimes touch or pet (yes, really). My […]
The Grove Prompt: Race
Do you feel like you don’t know how to talk about racial issues? Do you not want to talk about racial issues because the tensions surrounding these issues are so high, so polarizing, and so politicized? And yet does your not heart beat fiercely for these issues? We know what it is to be the […]