{ Do Not Shun the Small Things } 18 Sep, 2014 Often in community development work we focus on the big things – the massive ideas that will transform the local economy, the construction of classrooms or strategies… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ A Life Overseas: Coming Home } 18 Aug, 2014 Two weeks ago I was in transit from Burundi (East Africa) to the United States. The news flashing across multiple media outlets – CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC,… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
My son’s birthright 07 Jul, 2014 This past Friday our small family piled into our car and drove to Bubanza. We celebrated the completion of the first academic year of Kwizera Academy, a… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
How to Host a Short Term Mission Trip (part three) 23 Jun, 2014 This is the third and final installment (for now) on how we host short-term mission trips, based on ten years of experience! We just took our summer… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Hosting Short-Term Mission Trips (part 1) 21 May, 2014 I spend my summers in Burundi. I am married to a Burundian social entrepreneur and in me he’s found his chief storyteller. Together we are community development… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ A Life Overseas: A Land Flowing with Milk & Honey } 23 Apr, 2014 The dark-soiled land was rich with promise. As they stood on the property line looking across the verdant valley carpeted with cabbage and hills of slim trees… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ 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
{ The Red Couch Book Club: God Has A Dream } 26 Feb, 2014 This morning I’m sharing some reflections on my reading of Desmond Tutu’s God Has A Dream, my most re-read book penned by this beloved African elder. The… 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
