Last night, our plans for the evening were interrupted, and it left me feeling fuller than I had in a long time. We were supposed to host Braverly’s small group at our house, but after most of the food was prepared, we found out that all but one of our women was...
Recently, Kristy and I were talking about this insane life we get to live in Mae Sot. It’s chaotic and beautiful and unpredictable and wonderful. It’s stupid hard and surrounded by the unfamiliar, and it’s also our normal. Every day we have the...
I am a lover of the everyday ordinary. Lest you think my life in Thailand is beyond crazy or a “I-could-never-do-that” kind of thing, know that this life is filled with the ordinary in the midst of the extraordinary. It’s filled with trips to the grocery store...
Here are a few things you should know about me—I am a sucker for dancing in the kitchen while dinner cooks on the stove and Frank Sinatra’s voice plays in the background, and I’m an absolutely terrible dancer. I stumble and fumble my way through a song, usually opting...
It was the end of May in Northern Indiana, and it seemed as if the torrential downpour would never stop. I remember the way the rain pounded on the roof of the tiny cottage almost the entire weekend. I remember the way the water soaked the ground until the earth...
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and talking about community over the years. I’m part of the generation of Christian millennials who have heard every cliché buzzword when it comes to the idea of cultivating true community. I’m also part of the...
