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{ 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…

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{ A Life Overseas: The Sign That Matters }

21 Jul, 2014

Five years ago we landed in Burundi. Around the small capital I noticed signs everywhere – signs of other NGOs present in the city with logos plastered…

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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…

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Hosting Short-Term Mission Trips (part 2)

23 May, 2014

When I was young I remember embarking on my first short-term mission trip – to Hawaii. I don’t recall much of what we did while on the…

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{ 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…

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{ A Deeper Story: Miriam’s Drum }

16 Apr, 2014

The Hebrews danced to the emphatic beating of the drums across the Red Sea, leaving behind the brickyards forever. They sang “The horse and rider YHWH has…

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{ 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…

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{ 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…

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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,…

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My Mandela Tree

15 Dec, 2013

Last night I stayed up late to watch in the funeral of Nelson Mandela and witness his burial in Qunu, the soil he called home. The majestic…

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