This is true of me: I don’t typically make New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I try and live by a motto of resolving what I want to accomplish on a particular day, a specific week, or during a particular season. It is, however, that time of year when we reflect on the blessings of the past … Continue reading Resolution: To Love Relentlessly
A missionary friend shared this little video with me. Maybe us mission minded folk here at A Life Overseas can talk about it too. Take a walk in our town and you will pass by large green trash bins, usually overflowing. If you see the lid of the dumpster propped open with an empty … Continue reading Landfill Harmonic and Redeeming Rubbish
Only a month ago, the United States completed the most expensive, (seemingly) longest election season ever. If you thought you could avoid this through international living, I hate to burst your bubble, but it just gets more complicated. In this blog post I want to make a few practical recommendations on how to handle politics … Continue reading Politics: Always great dinner conversation
On Friday my fifteen-month old baby, Dominic, started running a fever for the first time in his life. We live in Northern Laos. The hospital beds here are full of dengue fever patients at the moment, and fevers of any kind aren’t to be taken lightly. I did what any worried mama living out of … Continue reading When my child is sick: Missing the promise and illusion of safety
This may be the most important missionary message I have ever shared. It certainly is one I must apply the most frequently. The longer I am in missions, the more I gain a sensitivity to a perceived sense of superiority. It is not intended, but it is the message we often communicate. I hear it … Continue reading The Most Important Question for a Missionary