Puzzle Pieces
My sister was supposed to visit last year. She asked, as usual, what I wanted her to bring me. I requested a jigsaw puzzle – 500-1000 pieces. I love them. It is both fun and satisfying to make sense out of a pile of pieces. With the picture on the box, I know what it […]
Trusting the One Who Holds All Things
It was in the final days of February 2020 when we crossed the border into our host country, Mozambique, after a month away in South Africa. When we entered the border, we were stopped and told that we all had to get out of the car and be sprayed down with what I’m quite sure […]
Seeds of Hope
We pulled into our new home, ushering us into a new season of sorts. Little did we know it wasn’t only for us but for all of us, all over the world. It was our third move in 9 months of marriage. We had moved all over the country, hopping from town to town every […]
This Week’s Theme: The View From Here (Local)
Instead of hopping on a plane or taking a bus across the city, lockdowns meant our adventures took place in our homes and neighborhoods. We’ve dealt with loneliness and isolation, our hearts breaking for the loss and grief and effects of the pandemic around us. We are zooming in this week for a conversation about […]
Holding the Good and the Hard
I bought clothes at a local second hand shop a few months back—a Paw Patrol shirt for my five year-old, a cute little white onesie with a pink and gold strawberry in the middle for the baby still growing inside me. “We live here now,” I thought. Buying clothes at the local secondhand shop instead […]
God, What Are You Doing?
Our mask mandate just lifted this week. It seems that life will be returning to some semblance of normal as we get used to breathing the unfiltered air and seeing each other’s faces again. California’s mandates and guidelines have been some of the most extreme in the United States but I have heard the stories […]
This Week’s Theme: The View From Here (Global)
What’s the view from where you are? At the start of the pandemic, we had the mindset, “We’re in this together.” But now our experiences differ vastly depending on where we are. Some parts of the world are free and open. Others are slowly coming out of yet another lockdown. Some are still in the […]