By Ashley Kizito | Twitter: @ashleyrhapsody | Instagram: @theashleyrhapsody A workmate asked me the other day if I had heard of the term,“Crown Shyness.” I had not. He has no hair, so I assumed he was on the verge of making a bald joke. He proceeded to show me some pictures, not of bashful bald men, but […]
A Wide Believing
by on April 19, 2018 19 Comments
“If I could ask anything of us, this ragged band of us looking for a way home, crossing the Jordan River, it would be to believe wider for each other.” —Hilary Yancey, Forgiving God: A Story of Faith, p. 57 I have heard that “thoughts and prayers” are not enough. This is a phrase often shouted by […]
Luddite for Lent: A Phone-Fasting Testimony
by on April 12, 2018 15 Comments
I did it. For Lent, I dumbed my Smartphone down to calls, texts, podcasts and maps, uninstalled all social media, and disabled my internet browser. Then I sank into the silence and waited. At first, it felt like a house when the power goes out—too quiet. Where is the buzzing refrigerator noise I never noticed […]
I Carry All Their Stories In Me
by on April 10, 2018 8 Comments
My hands are his hands. They are the same shape as his and move like so – just like his did I marvel at the memory of this giant of a man, of this larger-than-life presence, of this proud and passionate man with these hands, these soft and gentle and determined hands. I carry him […]
Only One Stranger
by on April 8, 2018 7 Comments
My family lived in a Tokyo suburb for my early years of elementary school. I attended an American school and we lived in a modern, pale concrete-colored bottom floor house while our landlords, a young Japanese couple, lived above us. Just a short walk around the corner was my favorite donut shop, Mister Donut, and […]
