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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

"What are you going to do when your map fills up?" "I guess I'll have to retire," I've joked with students for years as I invite them to write their…

"What does arson smell like?" a student once asked during my lesson. "That's just smoke!" one of his peers shouted in disbelief. Years later, many of the students from that…

I love me a good thunderstorm, but those aren't good for me to practice walking in. I would still love to dance in one again, but right now, I have…

There is only one person on earth I know who is a bigger grammar nerd than I am, and that person is Brandon Washington. He is also a much better…

I'm not shy about the fact that my best physical feature is my eyebrows, but apart from that, I'm also not super into fashion or beauty products or really doing…

Today is the celebration of Easter in the Orthodox church, and I love how the Jesus followers of different traditions get to extend our celebration of Jesus' resurrection when we…

My friend Givorgy told me that the last week of March into the start of April was a beautiful spring in Belgrade with flowers popping up all around. Then the…

I really love when the daffodils explode along the roadside in spring. It's still been colder than I'd like and with unpredictable bouts of rain, but with the wet and…

With as long as I've been blogging about learning to walk, I've probably used the title "step by step" before, but I've got a bit of new insight with this…