we start at a loss 07 Feb, 2017 I am at a loss. In the aftermath of the U.S. election I see the national terrain differently. I see people differently. The veneer is gone. I… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
When We Lament 18 Jan, 2017 The days following the American election plunged me into lament. Everything around me was in grayscale; everything in me was melancholy. Yet full-scale lament was premature because… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Remember When You Were Aliens 15 Nov, 2016 My inheritance is a mixed bag. I am one woman’s biological daughter and another woman’s adopted child. I am a descendant of the Mexican families who populated… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
12 Kinds of Confession 11 Oct, 2016 Today I am exploring confession as witnessed across Scripture from Genesis to the Gospels. This post is part of SheLoves Magazine’s month of conversation around this theme.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
The Company We Keep 09 May, 2016 I walk the hallway of the large mission-minded church and see the pictures of women, children and men from across Central America and East Africa. Interspersed among… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
March On, Sisters 11 Apr, 2016 In the brickyards of Egypt the Hebrew men worked under harsh taskmasters under the directive of a hard-hearted Pharaoh. In the waters of The Great Nile Hebrew… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
I See you, Burundi 15 Mar, 2016 We landed after thirty-plus hours in transit. Jostling carry-on bags and excitement, we made it to the bottom of the stairs, stepping foot into the tarmac in… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Love Liberates 09 Feb, 2016 Men trapped under cruel taskmasters in the brickyards of Egypt and women losing still-swaddled sons to the watery grave of the Great River. Land, livestock and freedom… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Why Are You Talking of Having No Bread? 12 Jan, 2016 Jesus had just multiplied a few loaves of bread into enough to satiate the hunger of thousands of men, women and children. Baskets of leftovers sat on… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
A Blessing for What Is 30 Dec, 2015 Fear Not, says every angel and many a prophet. Into our terrain of terror, general or specific, the salvation oracle begins with this imperative. Love, you command.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail