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We're past the statute of limitations on certain spoilers, but I won't ruin Avengers for anyone. I did just get home from watching it, but you can read this regardless…

I'm looking forward to seeing the Swiss Alps again, but I'm cherishing every day with a view of the Southern Alps. Yesterday I had the joy of hopping in a…

I had so much angst as a teenager, and Relient K sang about my feelings all the time. The song "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" was particularly poignant…

There's nothing like Easter Camp in America. I've spent the whole weekend telling my Kiwi friends this is a unique experience, and worshipping with 3,000 young people through this weekend…

There's a great story in the Gospels of Jesus walking on water while his disciples are in their fishing boat. Peter asks Jesus to call him out to walk on…

Okay, so last week I wrote about how I'm never giving up, and I don't want anyone to give up on me. This week, I've spent a lot of time…

I worried for a bit about what I would put in this week's update, but then I remembered Shannon told me that I'm only supposed to take twenty minutes a…

That verse I borrowed for my title last week reads in its entirety, "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." There's often a stark juxtaposition of emotions…

When I was 12, my morning routine involved getting dressed upstairs before coming down to eat some snack or breakfast while my mom was occasionally watching the morning news or…

Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return. I didn't go to an Ash Wednesday service this year, but I did eat pancakes. Twice actually. I learned that…

This past Monday I had another appointment with Mike, and we met at the gym so he could see my progress on the routine he'd given me. I arrived a…

"Everyone put your hands up in the air. Great, now how long do you think you can hold them there?" About three of my year seven and eight kids dropped…

I arrived back at my temporary home a week ago, and I jumped into the new school year of activities here in Christchurch wholeheartedly. Wednesday I returned to church staff…

When I ride home from physiotherapie in Germany, there's a ridge in Tannenkirch that gives the perfect view of the Swiss Alps off in the distance on a clear day…

I never dreamed I'd spend my 30th birthday in a wheelchair, but I also never dreamed I'd spend it road tripping on an island paradise to Hobbiton, so my life…

Before last Christmas, my sister asked me what my students called me so she could use my title on a personalized present. She was thinking of the difference between "Miss"…

Tuesday morning, I checked my phone to see a message from Jen to call her. Obviously, that's a great way to start my day because Jen is one of my…

One of my students is convinced that all the choices we make are predetermined and that free will is an illusion. We have loads of great conversations about this. Just…

Have you ever read Thomas More's Utopia? It's terrible. I mean, no way it could work, but if it did, life there would be horribly bland. Anyone who's known me…