Jun 15, 2016 | Weekly Words
After I gave birth, I felt grief for the experience I hoped to have but didn’t. I struggled, feeling as though my fears of inadequacy were affirmed by my inability to have a vaginal birth. Every time I thought about it, I felt a deep sense of failure hit me like a...
Jun 1, 2016 | Weekly Words
Both my husband, Joseph, and I are ministers. We met while doing ministry. I had heard about Joseph through our ministry circles but didn’t know him personally. A mutual friend of ours, who volunteered at my church as a youth leader, told me about this great preacher...
May 25, 2016 | Weekly Words
I am two-thirds of the way finished with my seminary career, and I cannot imagine the journey without my village of people, who have walked beside me and cheered me on. At times, my seminary classes have been rigorous, and much learning has taken place within those...
May 18, 2016 | Weekly Words
I can tell you exactly how many words I can write in the Khmer script: twenty-seven. I’ve been studying the language spoken in Cambodia for just over five months now, and those twenty-seven written words—with curls to the left, squiggles on top, silent letters, and...
May 11, 2016 | Weekly Words
Not long ago, I was chaplain to the father of a dying child. As he attempted to express his anger over the unfairness of the situation, a well-meaning family member stopped him, placed a hand on his shoulder, and said, “Now, it won’t do any good to get angry. And you...
May 4, 2016 | Weekly Words
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell This spring, my husband and I adopted an eighteen-month-old little girl. I haven’t had much sleep or time for reflection. However,...
