by kateberkey | Jun 10, 2020 | Seek Justice. Love Mercy., Stumbling to Jesus
I sat down to write hours ago. My fingers brushed against the keys, pressing a few to form feeble words and broken sentences. And thenCommand-ADeleteStart over Outside my bay windows, a storm is charging through Chicago. The wind tears through the trees and...
by kateberkey | Dec 5, 2019 | Seek Justice. Love Mercy., Stumbling to Jesus
It was just supposed to be a work trip to the north side of Chicago, but since that day in 2015, a piece of my heart seemed to be forever stuck on the corner of Devon and Western Avenue. I think it happened somewhere between walking the streets that made me feel...
by kateberkey | Oct 25, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Seek Justice. Love Mercy.
Every couple of Thursdays, our house fills with mommas and babies, aunties and sisters. We crowd around our table, sitting on the couch or folding chairs or the floor. Kids build towers with legos and throw a few at unsuspecting victims. The rest of us talk and laugh....
by kateberkey | Sep 27, 2019 | Seek Justice. Love Mercy.
I look back at pictures and feel as if I had been there, but I wasn’t. In fact, in 2016, I was 9,000 miles away and very much absorbed in my own little world. The happenings of a brand new café in Mae Sot, Thailand honestly wasn’t on my mind. Three years ago...
by kateberkey | Sep 12, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Seek Justice. Love Mercy., Stumbling to Jesus
Last week I was invited to a space I had no business being in. It was an honor.It was a privilege. It was humbling. I made sure to take off my shoes before I walked into the friend of my friend’s home partly because of culture and partly because of...
by kateberkey | Aug 22, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Seek Justice. Love Mercy.
I’m a little afraid to tell this story. It feels like the kind of moment we experience after vacation. We have pictures and stories of moments we love. All too eager, we sit down with friends or family and begin to relive these memories, and about two seconds...
