“The enemy is a very good teacher.” -the Dalai Lama The above short video has sat in my head for a couple of days now. It does what only art seems to be able to do–a visual representation of the deep dark places. An angle of light. A splash of red. A key […]
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Hope
Can you spot the flowers? To conclude our mission trip to Mexico we had a time of sharing. Highlights. Challenges. One of my teammates shared the profound. She was struck by the amount of hope demonstrated in unexpected ways. At first glance, all that could be seen was poverty. But as the days progressed, […]
Life is like choir practice
We all take our places on the risers. The sopranos and altos and tenors all in their respective places. Sorted by the range of our voices. The director taps a stick on the metal music stand and announces it’s time to get started. The music is familiar though we haven’t sung it near enough to […]
What am I doing here?
Did Joseph ever forsake the dreams and visions of his youth? There he sits, in a jail cell in Egypt. Being sold into slavery was bad enough but to then be thrown into prison unjustly? I wonder if there were any conversations like this… “OK God. Just checking to see if you got my new […]
