I have big exciting news. This post was supposed to be me sharing that. I tried to write it all day. But I couldn’t. So, I gave up and realized that sometimes when you write and it comes out differently than you planned, it just might be the elixir for what ails you. This is that. The moments of grief crash hard at inopportune times, like today. The last time grief interrupted, I find myself abandoning my grocery cart with items carefully selected for their affordability and accordance with …
writing
Tell Your Story: A micro-memoir link up
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I've long believed we are at our best when allowing ourselves time to sit with another in their story and to share our own. When we walk around a bit in someone else's memories and see what life looks like from eyes not our own, we grow in the ability to comprehend another's suffering and triumphs, struggles and …
How to change the world
You told me the gospel is what truly matters as you spoke and the 5000 listened but you've given us no loaves and fish. We are famished on the gospel you preach because this gospel builds wells in Africa and feeds orphans but it's rude to the lady who works at the falafel stand, while you’re waiting on your spanokopita and greek fries, leaning on the counter with your world-changing friends. And you don't leave a tip in the little jar and you don't look her in the eyes when she takes your …