REFLECT: Nelson Mandela 06 Dec, 2013 We’ve been invited, as a Deeper Story family, to reflect on the passing of Nelson Mandela. Our reflection is hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker, the host of Five… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Our Gratitude } 25 Nov, 2013 We brought her home when she was eighteen months old. It felt like we snatched her from death and disease, from a life defined by a hospice… 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
{ 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
{ Deeper Story: the gift, then and now } 26 Aug, 2013 When I was young St. Nicholas was the only church I knew, a second home (but with more candles and rows of hardwood pews). Under this Catholic… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Her Dreads } 24 Jul, 2013 Her dreads sway around her shoulders as she walks – and when she twirls her headdress of black ropes spins like a merri-go-round, whipping through the air… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Embodied Stories } 22 Apr, 2013 I hated tattoos. Then I turned 40. And a friend got his first tattoo, one he designed. It was like looking at truth burnished into his skin,… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Platform } 26 Mar, 2013 One of the last tweets I remember before boarding my flight to Australia was about ‘being so over platform talk.’ I might have clicked ‘favorite.’ Then I… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: Birth Mother } 25 Feb, 2013 Today my son asked me about his birth mother – again. Why couldn’t she keep him? When you adopt, you must be all kinds of strong, tender… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: my praxis of prayer } 23 Jan, 2013 “I’ll pray for you.” We say it earnestly to convey solidarity. But sometimes, too many times, we simply say it and move on. The phrase becomes another… Share:FacebookTwitteremail