Anatoly, the Protector
When I first began blogging about my journeys with the discarded, the posts read like diary entries. With rare exception, the words had a similar flow to them –...
Irina, the Promise Keeper
A four-hour journey over snow-packed roads leads to the village of Tikhvin in the Leningrad region of Russia. It’s a lovely place, with a nice shopping district and lots...
The Green Dress. What We Know Now.
The steel grey winter sky is a familiar welcome. I’ve heard the summers in St Petersburg are beautiful – with only four hours of darkness, the city comes alive...
Friday. Two Christmas PieDay.
It’s Christmastime, all over the world. In places near and far. And so my friend, wherever you are… Så riktig God Jul, Feliz Natal, Shenoraavor Nor Dari, Feliz...
Legacy. (a note to my mom)
If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity,...
Sweet and Salty and Spicy Snacks. Give Thanks.
I love Thanksgiving. Even the name of the holiday makes me smile. Just say it out loud. “Thanks. Giving.” It’s the perfect mash-up of two beautiful words. And it’s...
Joyful Thanksgiving.
Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live....
Give Thanks. Tennessee Honey Carrot Cake.
It’s fall, y’all. And that’s a most beautiful thing. Now, here in Austin, Texas, fall is less like the “transition to winter” season I grew up with, and more...
Seeing Eden.
There are days I long for Eden. That “before this world broke down because of sin” place where I just know everything would be perfect – where there would...
Crooked. Wonky. Beautiful.
A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes...
Play with Fire.
There are some weeks that just feel all – weekly. You know the ones – those weeks that have so many parts to them that it’s impossible to determine...
True Liberty.
“They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.” ~Psalm 1 “…What counts is your life. Is it green...
