Hmmm. Where to begin…

I’m not sure how long it’s been since my last blog post. It feels like it’s been almost as long as the amount of time that usually passes between my actually mopping our floors. And that’s a long time. But I was in another world for two weeks, and then I have spent the last [...]

Africa keeps teaching me…

Recently a friend asked if I had some time to help with something. Because this person is Celestin Musekura, who happens to be one of my heroes, I was pretty happy to do whatever he needed. But when he subsequently informed me that it was helping coordinate a breakfast for the First Lady of Burundi, [...]

Last thoughts on Africa… what I never wanted to see

I loved the excitement of experiencing an entirely different culture. I loved the nervous laughter amongst some of us when various unidentifiable foods were served. I loved driving through the city with goats or cows or chickens frantically scurrying across the road. I loved hearing our friends at ALARM talk about their journey with the [...]

Africa, part 3

We walked in for day 1 at our conference site in Gulu on Tuesday morning to the sounds of dozens of Ugandan women singing and clapping as they worshipped together. I. Loved. This. We gathered in a simple, open-air room, where 100+ women would come in their finest dress with their babies strapped to their [...]

Reflecting on Africa, part 2

So if day 1 of our trip was the city of Kampala and the women and children in the Quarry, day 2 was about Pader. This is a very small town in northern Uganda where Watermark and ALARM have partnered to open a trade school for young men and women struggling from the effects of [...]

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  • meditating on…

    John 19: 41-42
    At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

  • listening to…

    Hosanna
    with Christy Nockels on Passion's God of This City album