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"We have weird lives," Givorgy told me this week. It's true. But also, we have these beautiful lives where I get to spend time talking with people about cross cultural…
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"We have weird lives," Givorgy told me this week. It's true. But also, we have these beautiful lives where I get to spend time talking with people about cross cultural…
You know when your body somehow holds out until you have a break to get sick? Yeah, my body nailed it. I decided to take two weeks off to give…
A week ago was the Māori new year celebration called Matariki, and our city had a light show set up to enjoy in the cold dark evenings. I'm really fortunate…
My favourite tradition on this blog is to write a Myspace style playlist for my life each year. This tradition started in June 2015, and you can follow these links…
I take celebrating seriously. I also am a bit ridiculous when it comes to finding small things to celebrate. I used to keep a bottle of champagne in my fridge…
In order to renew my Oregon teacher's license every few years, I was required to submit paperwork to prove I'd done enough professional development credits. I usually scrambled over Christmas…
My librarian friend texted me asking for book recommendations on mentoring. I had a couple, and I asked Matt his ideas, but he agreed most mentoring learning doesn't come from…
I'm so far from perfect, and I had a steep learning curve with some new situations that I didn't handle perfectly these past few weeks, but I also had an…
I love what I get to do with life and ministry here in New Zealand and connected with TeachBeyond. My wild life links ministry partners on three continents and dozens…
The past few weeks our church has had a Sunday evening prayer time that I've loved being a part of. I am so excited about what God is doing in…
I took a couple of days to recover and sleep after Easter Camp, but I also have a real life that carries on after Easter Camp. The last message on…
Buckle up for the recap of my past week. I already warned you it was going to be wild, and this last week has really incredible. Monday morning I had…
Tiny Laura really loved going to AWANAs on Thursday nights because she had the coolest Sparky leaders. I honestly don't know what it was about them, but I genuinely loved…
One of the first words I learned when I arrived in New Zealand on sabbatical was whānau which basically means extended family. It's the word in te reo Māori that…
I did something brave this week. Actually, I did a few brave things, and I’m feeling like a proper hero about it. Okay, not a proper hero, but I’m really…
I hopped on a bus and went to the beach on Tuesday BECAUSE I CAN. I mean, not to brag, but also our staff team had a personal prayer retreat…
I'm the only one who writes on this blog. Except for that time Cheri let me link one of her posts. And that other time Maggie wrote a guest post…
When I was interviewing for the role on staff at RCC, they asked me what I thought would be most difficult for me of the expectations in the job description.…
When I was a kid, my sister used to have water games in our back yard for her birthday with ice cream cake to boot. I once had my birthday…
All those Rend Collective haters can leave this post right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4BHq6DYKs&ab_channel=RendCollective Last Thursday was a good day, and I didn't actually listen to Rend Collective that day, but I…