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 come. After months of preparing for the field, packing up my worldly possessions, quitting my job, doing more paperwork than God ever ever ever intended, the day had finally […]
Rising Anew
The time to leave China arrived. As a person of imagery, the only picture in my spirit was darkness; a girl standing on a path unlit and shadowed. Where did the light unto my path go? Where do I go? I thought I’d be in China for years to come, but God’s holy flame that […]
Seeking Orientation in Transition
The only way to reorient is to admit I’m disoriented. Transition is exhausting, and I’ve lost count of the number of transitions we’ve endured this past year. I’m tired, my brain is foggy, and I’m in need of orientation. There’s no longer a built-in afternoon quiet time (aka toddler naptime) in this season of my […]
Not Just a Postlude
One of the biggest challenges for me upon moving back to small-town USA was my life lost a sense of adventure. For over a decade, my experiences had been shaped by an array of cultural sights and sounds. We were nomads, able to travel frequently to other countries and our daily lives had bright snapshots […]