But Where is Jesus?
Over the past few months I have been given a great gift. By American standards I have been poor. It is not real poverty: there has been plenty of (really cheap) food,…
ReadmoreHuman Trafficking in the USA
14,500 – 17,500. That is how many people the State Department estimates are trafficked into the US each year. I have been meaning to post about human trafficking in the…
ReadmoreHaiti and Helplessness
I found out about the earthquake in Haiti the morning after it happened. I saw something online about praying or giving to Haiti the night before, but that is not…
Readmore2010 Gratitude
I had plans for reviewing 2009 and setting goals for 2010. But my greatest lesson of 2009 was learning to accept my lack of control over life events, so I…
ReadmoreThankful
Today I struggle to be thankful because my thoughts are clouded by guilt. It is the guilt of squandered privilege that distracts me from thanking God for my blessings. It…
ReadmoreHis needs, her needs, our needs
There is a most annoying tendency to reduce relationships with generalizations about the people in those relationships. Marriage is particularly vulnerable to this because it consists of one male and one…
ReadmoreConsidering My Environment: Drying Hair
I have not been online much for the past few weeks. I wish that I could say that was due to the fact that I was abstaining from wasting electricity.…
ReadmoreJune Environment Observation
After thinking a lot about my last post I decided to post daily in June. My plan is to consider my day and to note each thing in my immediate…
ReadmoreSmall Steps Toward Clean
One of my non-official Lenten resolutions1 was to clean out my physical surroundings at the same time as I prepared for Easter internally. The results so far are mixed. I…
ReadmoreSometimes I need to think about why I should be sad… and work harder!
Today was one of those days when I felt like doing… nothing. It was a grey day and I am tired of grey days. I want spring. But I got…
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