Sometimes, you need more than a blog post to figure something out. So in the next two posts, here are two books that can really help you on your journey of digging deeper into what it means to welcome the stranger, and how you can do it practically. Both of these books are fromContinue reading “Christians at the border: The First book to help you on your journey”
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Hospitality: Giving more than spare change
Meet Greg Jewell, our first guest poster in the hospitality series! My husband and I got to know Greg and Roxanne Jewell while we were in South Africa. Their South-African-American marriage and dramas with visas were things that connected us, along with their love for children. Greg has graciously agreed to share about the work heContinue reading “Hospitality: Giving more than spare change”
On the price of Pet Canaries
Sometimes, things are just too much. There’s enough suffering as it is, and now there’s babies washed up on beaches, too. There’s friends who are hurting, there’s children who are being abused, there’s police violence, there’s people suffering from HIV, there’s so much heaviness. How do you cope? You, college student wondering about debt, you,Continue reading “On the price of Pet Canaries”
When your neighbor is a stranger: Hospitality Series
I felt so homeless as we trudged through yet another small town in northern Spain on El Camino. Since we had left South Africa at the end of March, we had been walking across Spain, and once we landed it would be another several months of hopping between family and friends before we settled in TexasContinue reading “When your neighbor is a stranger: Hospitality Series”
On condemning broken things
Lately the story in John 8 of the woman caught in adultery has been coming up in conversation. So I decided to revisit it, and I was surprised to find this isn’t really a story about the woman caught in adultery. This is a story about the Pharisees. It’s a story about drawing lines inContinue reading “On condemning broken things”
An Open Door to Understanding- Guest posting over at All People
I’m really thankful for the opportunity to share over at EFCA’s blog “All People“. The blog has some really great thoughts on multi-cultural ministry in the USA context, and is a useful tool-box, especially if you’re interested in broadening your ideas on how the church can respond in a Christ-like manner to the immigrants inContinue reading “An Open Door to Understanding- Guest posting over at All People”
Cowboy boots, Texas-sized trucks, and a “state of the blog” address
I This blog has gone through many transformations over the past three years. When I started out, I thought it would be a space where I would keep family and friends updated on our work with iThemba Projects in South Africa. Pretty quickly, I discovered I’m one of those opinionated people who as soon as youContinue reading “Cowboy boots, Texas-sized trucks, and a “state of the blog” address”
Identity & Reconciliation: A quick reflection on “The End of Memory”
Volf ends his book talking about how it should have a warning label because it is hazardous to two cherished notions: 1. We should remember wrongs solely out of concern for victims and 2. We should forever remember wrongs suffered. It seems crazy to argue that we should remember in a way that is fair, andContinue reading “Identity & Reconciliation: A quick reflection on “The End of Memory””
2. Two Part book Summary: The End of Memory, Miroslav Volf
This is a continuation of my summary of the book The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World by Miroslav Volf. For part one, go here. The last part of the book, part three, asks the question how long we should remember. I don’t know how many reconciliation seminars I’ve been to thatContinue reading “2. Two Part book Summary: The End of Memory, Miroslav Volf”
1. Two part Book summary: The End of Memory by Miroslav Volf
My birthday, senior year of college, I missed hearing one of my favorite authors, Miroslav Volf, speaking at Taylor. My loving fiancé attended his talk, and got his most recent book (at the time) autographed for me. This book has been sitting on a shelf in the attic in Minnesota for the past three years,Continue reading “1. Two part Book summary: The End of Memory by Miroslav Volf”
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