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Many people are headed back to school this week - my nephew just started kindergarten last week. BFA kids still have another week and a half of summer vacation though…

Three years ago today, I woke up in Germany for the first time. My arrival was made possible by hundreds of people listening to me share about my desire to…

We have a word in Christianese for experiences like I had last weekend - we call them mountaintop experiences. In Christian circles, it's common to talk about the emotional highs…

The events of this week will someday be compiled as a chapter of a book (yes, those of you who’ve waited to hear it, I’ll someday publish a book), but…

One of the beauties of summer break is the luxury of forgetting the days. This is occasionally inconvenient, but for the most part I'm really enjoying the opportunity to wake…

“My eyes fail from weeping,I am in torment within;my heart is poured out on the groundbecause my people are destroyed,because children and infants faintin the streets of the city.”Lamentations 2:11…

I never participated in a trust fall as a team building thing - mostly because I don't trust people, but also because I've seen Gretchen Wiener hit the floor in…

If every week held the emotional and physical extremes last week did, I'd be pretty fried. Fortunately, I had a largely restful week as I gave my attention to reading…

This week has been incredible - thank you to all of you who fasted along with me and prayed for my ongoing recovery. I still want it all, and I'm…

Every time I learn a new function, my walking slows down significantly. I need to return my focus and attention to the new detail in my gait, and it slows…

I loved the feeling of walking without my braces so much, I tried again a couple times with Hunter last week. It was just as incredible the second and third…

Hunter gave me the title for this week's entry; more importantly he gave me his shoes. I didn't walk a mile in them, but I did walk the first thirty…

Oops, I skipped posting last weekend. Things begin to get crazy around BFA during the month of May. Students turn their brains off, and teachers have to fight with them…

Christians do weird stuff. From the outside, I imagine baptism looks like one of those weird things. However, from the inside, it is one of the greatest parts of the…

I really love my job. Like seriously, I can hardly express my excitement to go to work each morning. I love my students so much, and I'm so fortunate to…

Whenever I post about the dirty details related to a medical inconvenience I have, I get loads of comments and recommendations from people around the world with no experience with…

In my job, I have the privilege of listening to students process what they believe about the world we live in and the theological concepts that make up the framework…

When German friends ask me how I'm doing, I answer "Immer besser," or "always better." I'm making slow progress, and sometimes I'm frustrated at the pace, but I have to…

There are loads of horrible lessons to be learned from Disney princess movies, but I'm not going to touch that. I'm instead going to talk about the coordination that comes…