May 3, 2018April 10, 2023living in Thailand, so do something about it, The Charis Project Here’s How You Can Invest in a Woman’s Future. They come to my door sometimes, always unannounced, and always with some inexpensive sugary drink or snack to give to me, the […] Read more
June 11, 2015April 10, 2023family, so do something about it Ordinary Miracles – Where I praise my friends I’m sitting on my friend Cindy’s couch when Sam comes in. He’s sad because of something that happened while playing, he got […] Read more
December 8, 2014April 10, 2023Advent, birth, so do something about it, The Charis Project Of Darkness, and Hope, and How You Can Help Bring Light Today I met a 14 year old girl, when I was visiting two of the mothers in my birth class. She was […] Read more
July 21, 2014April 10, 2023so do something about it, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, The Charis Project We Are Small Sometimes I want to quit. Pack it in. Go home. Sometimes I feel like all our work, all my efforts, are just […] Read more
April 11, 2014April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, so do something about it, The Charis Project An Embarrassment of Riches She carefully hands me the coins she has swept up from the corners of my bedroom, this change I didn’t even notice […] Read more
January 28, 2014April 10, 2023so do something about it, thailand, the parenting files Of Beggars and Boys, and Becoming Men Sunday night on our way home from the market the clutch went on our car. We pulled over at the first place […] Read more
November 5, 2013April 10, 2023so do something about it, thailand, this life together thing What I See We decide to eat lunch in a sit down restaurant near the border the day we renew our visas, rather than a […] Read more
December 16, 2012April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, so do something about it On Being a Broken People Thursday morning I drove to the airport in L.A. where Aaron and the Boy boarded their flight to Thailand. They are spending […] Read more
November 16, 2012April 10, 2023Christianity and Politics, so do something about it, this life together thing Only You Can Renounce Your Right to Do Good You can tell you’ve hit some sort of nerve when a post gets responses ranging from, “Now this looks more like […] Read more
November 8, 2012April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, so do something about it, this life together thing So You Think Winning at Candyland Actually Matters A Plea For Perspective Dear friends on the religious right. Some of whom are beloved readers here. (Yes, I have conservative friends. […] Read more