Blog

18 Mar 2016 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The words came out of his mouth so normal, so smooth. Calm & quiet. Cancer. Suddenly the world changed. Not dramatic like an earthquake that kills hundreds of thousands of people, or a tsunami washing over the land with a force incomprehensible, or a loved one dying or leaving for good. Just change, calm & quiet like his voice and words. No press release or formal ceremony nor a panicked firestorm of emotions and grief. Calm, quiet shift in rea

8 April 2023 The one day a year we imagine not having Jesus. He is gone. Dead - as far as his original followers knew. We haven't yet heard the hopeful version of "he isn't here." Right now, on this dark Saturday, we only know he isn't  here . How alone they must have felt. How alone we feel when we've lost someone dear to the inevitability of death. The finality of it; the void left by a living, breathing entity no longer occupying its place in space and time.  Our  space an

26 Mar 2016 First the back story. Then a string of little stories. Hang in there with me; it's cool. It was 2013, and I was living in Haiti inside a fairly intense situation: living communally, on an active construction site, managing said construction, all projects, and in charge of the logistics for the large teams of Americans that arrived monthly. I had just a few things on my plate. As the year progressed, I was increasingly isolated inside these close quarters and I foc

stock image It took me forever to learn where my “deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger” (Buechner); I was much older than I feel I should have been. But I did finally find it when I worked internationally as a missionary. It married so many of the things I love: travel, consuming work, problem solving, and, most importantly, living for others and relying so heavily on my faith and cultivating a personal relationship with Jesus. It was easily the most grace-filled time