All in Observations
An Angel's Lament
Of all the cultures, I think the Irish get it the best with grieving and lament. Of course, we see it in all sorts of tribes, too…
On Abandonment
A few weeks ago, I was facilitating a prayer retreat for my church. We are reading through a 17th century book by a French woman, Jeanne Guyon…
Sometimes, there IS lemonade in the pantry...
My first quote on paper via my daughter, Emma Shae, who likes to make signs. She was so enamored with me saying this because she said out loud, "I wish we had some lemonade."…
Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 5: the gifts along side the burn
For our third and final year, there were so many gifts alongside the burn of cross cultural living in a place of physical poverty. At the beginning of the year, our friends came with their children…
Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 4: the Paradox
Year two in Uganda was living the paradox. My teammate, Leslie and I would often comment how we never got the honeymoon of living in a foreign country. We experienced deep culture shock on the drive from the airport to our adopted home and didn't quite shake it until year three…
Incomplete thoughts 3b: a health crisis
Part two continued... this will be longer than my usual posts, but hopefully tell the story…
Incomplete thoughts on poverty, part 2
Everyone has a lens for poverty. It depends on where you are born and what your own exposure is. I would like to pause in sharing my own experiences in Uganda, to share what was my lens. It remains an amateur observation…
Listen more, but don't be afraid to share
Wow. Reading this book started from a conversation with my mother in law as we commiserated how we don't listen like we want to. What a gift to share in reading with her and then I passed it on to my parents…
Incomplete thoughts on experiencing poverty, part 1
Part of why my husband and I married is because we both had a desire to serve the poor. He was pre-medical training and I was a giant fan of medical missions…