Playlist 2024
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…
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June 30, 2024
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Celebrations
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…
June 23, 2024
Professional Development
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…
June 16, 2024
First Training
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…
June 9, 2024
Mini Big Top
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…
May 19, 2024
On the Ground Reporting
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…
April 28, 2024
Faithful in the Ordinary
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…
April 21, 2024
Recovery and Real Life
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…
April 7, 2024
Easter Camp 2024
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…
April 3, 2024
Yesterday, Today, and Forever
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…
March 24, 2024
Bonus Family
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…
March 17, 2024
Brave
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…
March 10, 2024
Slowly then All at Once
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…
March 4, 2024
Collaboration
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…
February 25, 2024
Full Disclosure
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.…
February 12, 2024
Summer Birthday
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…
February 5, 2024
Create in Me
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…
January 28, 2024
Traumaversary 10
Every spinal cord injury is different. That’s what the doctors, nurses, ergos, and physios all emphasised to me in the hospital all those years ago. There were best guesses and…
January 18, 2024
Kia Manawanui
I love my church family so much. Earlier this week, my American pastor's wife sent me an email to ask how she can pray for me. First off, what a…
January 14, 2024
Next Steps
I hung out with some people yesterday afternoon chatting about resolutions versus goals. The primary distinction was that a resolution was an easy to fail commitment of doing or not…
January 8, 2024