Liz Auntie and Weddings in Ug.

That’s right…. I’m going to be an Aunt! WOOHOO! Which makes my parents GRANDPARENTS. Mind-blowing. 
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In other, less exciting news, Gloria and I are resting in Kampala for a few days. We’ve been doing things like internet and coffee-drinking, and attending wedding meetings.
What’s a wedding meeting? Well, when people have weddings in Ug, they have two [...]

Photos!

Home Sweet Kampala
- beginning days in Uganda
Sisters on the Road! 
- roadtripping out west for a few weeks
I adjusted these so I think you can see them even if you don’t have Facebook… and if you don’t have Facebook, I have to ask why not? If it’s a statement against the nature of the internet and [...]

It’s happening… I think!

I’m on my way!
See you on the other side. 
 

Simple Spirituality.

 
This is awesome! Look for this in early July, or pre-order a copy. I am excited to see Chris sharing his heart and spirituality with the world. I haven’t read it yet, but I did get to see the cover a little bit early! I think it’s great that it has coffee on the cover [...]

Stuff.

When I went to Nepal in 2005, I bought a lot of stuff. Crazy amounts of stuff. Jeez! Serving the poor sure was expensive back in those days.
This time my mom asked me, “what do you need for your trip overseas” and my list was five items. I mean, I might think of more… but [...]

WMF Bull Riding Contest, I Mean Board Meeting.

I was commissioned last night at the Board Meeting, it was really beautiful. Phileena shared a sweet reflection on St Francis and St Claire of Assisi and some of their connection to our history in Word Made Flesh. It connected me so much more to the San Damiano cross. I am also reading about another [...]

Two Stubborn People Look at Nature

The following is a transcript of an actual conversation:
Calvin and I looking at the view from his Mom’s backyard:
Me: What’s on that hill over there? Looks like some buildings?
C: I think it’s trees.
Me: No, I’m pretty sure it’s buildings.
C: Nope, it’s definitely trees.
Me: I know it’s a group of buildings.
C: Yeah, it’s trees.
Me: Nope, buildings.
C: [...]

In 24 hours…

I’ll be hanging out with this guy!
The first time I ever met Calvin was when he was on his Servant Team and I read all the entries on his blog. (Along with the blogs of every other Servant Team/WMF affiliated person I could find.) I thought they all seemed pretty cool, except he clearly didn’t [...]

Half my Life.

If you haven’t been following empire.remixed, you are missing out. Lately we’ve been talking/blogging about feminism in the church. It’s great! Someone asked me if Word Made Flesh is a good space for feminists… anyone want to weigh in on that? haha.
Speaking of Word Made Flesh, one of my best friends, Lara, has been [...]

If I Had to Write It…

I have a theory… all those book reflections we have to write for the 20+ WMF book list? Yeah, I don’t think anyone actually reads them on the Family Forum. So, since many of you (Amanda, ahem) read my blog, I figure that if I have to take the time to write one… you have [...]