How To Describe a Mission Trip
[Editor’s Note: I’m delighted to introduce our newest contributor to the blog, Julia Blanchard. A native of Twinsburg, Ohio, Julia recently completed …
Making the World Go ‘Round with Grace
Pressed for time, I decided to use the narrow Ou Kaapse Weg over the mountains to Cape Town. Although I was pushing …
What Makes a Classic?
Long before I had any direct encounters with peoples of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, music was my doorway to worlds otherwise …
Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Epiphany
Every year I am caught by surprise when I see the morning star around this time of the year and remember we …
Only Skin Deep?
The past Sunday’s reading from the Hebrew Bible recounts the story of Elisha, a Hebrew prophet from Samaria, and Naaman, a great …
Undocumented: Between Silence and Speech (Part II)
In a recent blog post, “Legs That Breathe Snake Venom: On Silence and Speech,” I reflected on the experience of driving through …
What We Have Looked Upon and Touched with Our Hands
We are bombarded daily by so many images it’s easy to miss the diamond flashing in the rough. But this one stopped …
Rediscovering Child Mind
“Let the children come to me, for it is to such as these belongs the kingdom of God” The month of August …
Waking from a Dream of Separateness: A View from West Virginia
“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality …
“Like Jacob Wrestling with God”
Since Hope Sings was published, I’ve been privileged to correspond with Mr. Randy Gamble, a veteran of civil rights work and racial …
