{ A Life Overseas: Giving Good Gifts } 27 Mar, 2014 The Batwa people live on the edges of Burundian society, marginalized in their own country. Local humanitarian workers tell tales of these people who thwart good gifts… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Family: He Sits With Women } 05 Mar, 2014 He sits with women. When trouble comes, the mamas and widows gather at the edges of peril and my husband finds them. He joins them. Last week… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ ShePonders: Hope } 14 Jan, 2014 Growing up hope was a whispy dandelion. Hold its tender stem, blow, and watch all the florets move with the breeze, small against the bright sun and… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
SEE (Five Minute Friday) 11 Jan, 2014 A five minute free write, unedited, done in conjunction with Lisa-Jo Baker. The prompt: SEE. (And yes, I’m a day late. Some Fridays are like that,… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ ShePonders: Margins } 05 Nov, 2013 We’ve seen life on the margins in Burundi. It looks like this: A cluster of grass huts, low to the ground, on the side of the road… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Until Now } 28 Oct, 2013 The news has been good. In the last four years of working alongside our Batwa friends each mother has safely delivered her child; each baby announced her… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
community development traditions 30 Sep, 2013 Today I’m sharing about a September tradition in Matara over at Communities of Hope. Here’s the thing, Claude and I work hard to break the NGO… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: how to melt swords into plowshares } 25 Sep, 2013 We were hosting a garden party at our home in Burundi this summer – the kind with drummers, dancers, a d.j. and a chef. Most all the… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
off the road 17 Jun, 2013 We’d turned off the black paved road and onto red dirt. The four of us bumped along in the car, an impromptu family outing to see our… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
things I’m into… including the #transitlounge 02 Mar, 2013 This was the inaugural month for the #TransitLounge book club. Together, friends from Luxembourg, UK, Canada and all across the US read Inspiration & Incarnation by Peter… Share:FacebookTwitteremail