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• When There Are No Words

  

  Sometimes you look at a news story and you have no words. That’s what happened to  me yesterday as I looked through two articles: One from The Atlantic and the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dry Earth

  

  The rain began on Sunday and it hasn’t stopped. While Saturday was bright, sunny, and warm, Sunday dawned cloudy, and by afternoon torrential rain was falling.... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stones of Remembrance – A Life Overseas

  

  Good morning! It’s a rainy day in my part of the world, a day where I need to “remember the signs.” I hop you’ll join me at A Life Overseas today, as I resume... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Routine Visit

  

  by Robynn  There really is no such thing as a routine visit to the dentist, or to anywhere for that matter. Every experience is rooted in a bigger story and tha... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• For My Friend and the Kids He’s Raising

  I sit in a row of cubicles toward the front of a large building in downtown Boston. One of my cubicle mates is a man from Malawi that I’ll call Paul. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Chameleon in a Bag of Skittles

  

  Happy Monday! May your confusion be as delicious as a bag of skittles!Photo Credit: http://pixabay.com/en/skittles-candy-colorful-snack-food-705242/ word art... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On a Dad and His Birthday

  

  I wake up early in the morning. There is something that I am not supposed to forget, but I can’t remember what it is! All I know is that it’s important.I get... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Break

  

  Hey everyone! Sometimes you just need to admit it – and so we will: Robynn and I are really tired. We have both had major life events happen (her first graduate... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Refreshment on the Journey

  

  “The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattere... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Praise of Community Health Workers and Patient Navigators

  

  Yesterday was the busiest and best day of my entire work year. Every May we hold a conference for community health workers and patient navigators. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – A Note from an Impostor

  

  Readers – will you join me this Monday at A Life Overseas? Here is an excerpt from my brutally honest past history with missions.On Wednesday of last week, Laur... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• High School Graduation – A Question of Punctuation

  

  High School Graduation—A Question of Punctuation by RobynnI think the difference between the ending of my high school career and the ending of Connor’s is rathe... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Burning Bright and Burning Out

  

  It was probably a  year ago that I reached out to Robynn and said “I think I’m burned out.”Now what I love about our friendship is that she didn’t dismiss it... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Am Glad to Be Alive in You!”

  

  “The “Anne” series let us dream about adolescence while holding on to childhood. The world of Avonlea—Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, the apple blossoms and the... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Importance of Band Aids

  

  I’ve always loved band aids. Ever since I was a little girl and I had a doctor set I’ve loved band aids and bandages. There is something surprisingly... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• All Was Well

  

  It’s 5:30 in the morning and the street is quiet, save the birds who are singing their morning song with joyful abandon. I hear the sounds of distant traffic,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Comparison That Consoles

  

  by Robynn. If you did not have a chance to read A Comparison that Kills take a look here.While comparing our personal pain to the suffering of others, does... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Urban Disadvantage – State of the World’s Mothers 2015

  

  Every year around Mother’s Day a report is released from Save the Children called the “State of the World’s Mothers.” And every year, I write about it.Because i... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Which We Talk About ‘Longing’

  

  One year ago I wrote a piece called “An Unappeased Yearning to Return.” The piece was based on the roots of the word ‘nostalgia.’The responses were beautiful –... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Raccoons, Tigers, and Okapis and How Where You Live Matters

  

  “Pooling people in race silos is akin to zoologists grouping raccoons, tigers, and okapis on the basis that they are all stripey. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION