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…
Bringing Italy to Uganda
Yes, you need this book for rural Africa or anywhere you want to have awesome bread products. Whether you would like to control your ingredients, bake slowly or you have a bread need, this is your book…
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…
Inexpensive Water Filtration System
Our friend, Kirk told us about the Sawyer water filtration system. Traditionally, we had heard about the Katadyn. It seemed so expensive and hard to maintain.
Incomplete thoughts 3b: a health crisis
Part two continued... this will be longer than my usual posts, but hopefully tell the story…
Reclaiming Tabbouleh
I have never enjoyed Tabbouleh. But over the years, I have come to realize that the Food Network personality, Ina Garten has got my back. She has a catering background and cares about flavor. So, I can actually use some of her recipes for my purposes…
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…