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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…

I absolutely love hanging out with teenagers; they are great, and I learn so much from them. I'm also really blessed by the faithful saints who have lived a couple…

I made my G period class push the desks back to the wall and sit on the floor during Thursday's lesson as we read the epilogue to Ray's Read the…

Shout out to my two amazing friends who on absurdly short notice agreed to hop in the car and go on a weekend adventure with me. This weekend was BFA's…

I had a really full week with lots of meetings and emails that I can't share on the internet, but one of the moments that I can share was a…

I spent a while yesterday pondering what to post for this week, but nothing good came to mind. Rather than writing some drivel that was not worthwhile, I chose to…

"Okay, but what day does it feel like in your soul?" I asked a group of students a couple of days ago. Some of them couldn't get away from the…

My new semester of students started reading Jonah today - we finished the whole book in less than twenty minutes. It's not that long, but it's plenty exciting - especially…

Caroline gave a really beautiful message this morning reflecting on Epiphany and the magi who sought the wisdom literature of a variety of religions and discovered the coming of the…

Jacqui is one of the most consistent friendships in the past several years of my life. We have a standing call weekly, and despite the fact that I've slept through…

Obviously, the Moana soundtrack would be great background music for this post, but it's less about that than a reflection on how far I've come. See, this past week Anja…

I'm a sucker for vampire stories. (I also hang out with a lot of people who make terrible puns; I am ashamed of myself.) Here's the thing that I love…

This past week I was fighting off a nasty cough, and I had a rough time getting through some of my lessons. The loss of my voice and fatigue from…

Holidays overseas can be rough, but this year I got to be extra thankful with Julia and Jonathan visiting for Thanksgiving week. We went to the Basel Christmas market Thursday…