This past week at work we had our Staff Appreciation Tea. At the tea we honored people for their years of service and there are also three awards handed out for outstanding achievement—one for safety, one for creative solutions and one for people who live out our values in an exemplarily way. Out of 650 […]
Walls Don’t Work
by on February 12, 2019 Leave a Comment
Walls don’t work. Not if you are a Jesus follower. Walls don’t work. I was 16 years old and nearly 3,000 kilometers from home. I was standing on dusty concrete, just feet from a busy highway in Monterry, Mexico. The people around me were singing, “I exalt Thee” in several languages. An extension cord ran […]
SHE CARRIES CHANGE: Backpacks and Shoes for Students in Bubanza
by on February 6, 2019 Leave a Comment
UPDATE on Monday, Feb 18: 352 Backpack + Shoes Sets Have Been sponsored already. Thank you!!!! Let’s get to 600! #together #shecarrieschange [ RESOURCES ADDED AT BOTTOM OF POST FOR USE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.] Next week is Valentine’s Day. We love Love over here, and not just the romantic kind. We believe in Love to […]
The Many Faces of Silence
by on January 29, 2019 Leave a Comment
There are many faces to Silence. The loud booming Silence of Loved Ones no longer here—their voice and presence deeply missed—can cause a reflective silence. Post-holidays, there is also the Toxic Silence. A silence that may continue all year for some, or only rear its ugly head at the holidays. That is the silence that […]
Things I Have Observed in Silence
by on January 24, 2019 Leave a Comment
I am six years old. The bathtub is full of mediocre bubbles. I am on my back and my hair is floating around my head like so much kelp in the water. The ceiling straight above me has an aging water stain from the ice storm the year before. I stay there until the water […]
