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The Chacos of Peace

I had most of a post written last night, but the website was low key glitching, and I went to bed instead of sorting it out. Then I had a…

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Celebration and Sorrow

Over the past couple of months, I had three different Jesus loving women invite me onto their prayer team during their pregnancies. I love praying, and I love all of…

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Default Settings

I'm seeing fewer and fewer German advertisements in my social media feeds with a steady increase in New Zealand and Australian products coming through. I don't really want to tell…

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Dame Time

Simultaneous to the news of his trade, Dame D.O.L.L.A. dropped his "Farewell" song which has some meaty lyrics. While I'm partial to the line "I learned that a wolf could…

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God Shows Up

You just can't top hanging out in a room full of teenagers worshipping Jesus. It's one of my all time favourite things. I have had a full on week of…

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Just As I Am

I've been able to sleep in a little this week and take some more naps. Even though I'm over jet lag, I'm still in the exhausted phase of transition, and…

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A Place to Sleep

This morning in church one of the elders asked me how I was settling in. I immediately responded, "It's so good to be home." But I still need to sort…

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Why New Zealand?

So I got stopped in the street downtown the other day by someone who recognised me... which happened often in Kandern, but is much less likely in a big city...…

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Transforming Hope

You all know I've got my priorities, so as soon as I could, I got my Zambrero via uber eats, and it was delicious - as good as I remembered.…

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Home Again

Approximately 36 hours after I left home Thursday morning, I arrived home on Sunday morning. While I had moved the last of my stuff out of my old apartment last…

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Swiss to Southern

I love being friend with Heather because when she finds out I haven't done something she enjoys, she makes a trip for her to share something beautiful with me. This…

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On This Day

August 6, 2013, I arrived in Kandern, Germany for the very first time. Ten years ago my life looked very different. I was sent out walking from Portland, and I'm…

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Hello, Goodbye

You already know when I post late it's for a good reason, so let me tell you about my packed full week of new adventures and old friends and warm…

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Not Done Yet

I leave Kandern four weeks from this past Friday. We are into weeks now, the months counter is past. I have a life left here, though, and I had the…

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Heaven and Pasta Salad

This week had lots of treasured moments for me, and I won't recount them all on the internet, but there are a few highlights worth sharing. Caylie wrapped up her…

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Deep Clean

This week was wild and beautiful, and I loved every second of it. It's hard to find a theme tying it all together, but there was the gift of Caylie…

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Current Currencies

Wow, a lot has happened since last Sunday. Last Sunday night I was hanging out in Dublin with two incredible humans before a wild adventure that I'll never forget. I…

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Sorry for the Inconvenience

As I was putting the last few items in my backpack in preparation to leave for my "Goodbye Europe" trip, I got a phone call from the hotel in Dublin…

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Use Your Words

As the superstar Christian that I am, I got three sermons in today. For those of you not accustomed to my sharp sarcasm, let me be clear, I'm not a…

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Playlist 2023

This is my favourite post to write each year. If you search the topic "Playlist" on my blog, you'll find 2019-2022 posts on this platform. The full lists are linked…

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