It’s sunsets through shimmering leaves and sitting around the back yard table. The grill is warming up, and you laugh as your hosts are surprised to see a punctual American. It’s quiet and you have spoken a lot of English today, so you are wondering if your brain is going to be able to switch … [Read More]
Loneliness, Nostalgia, and Madeleine L’Engle
It’s awkward at first. You try. It’s an email to someone new, and a hope for a response. It seems like it takes forever to write those first few lines, because it feels like if you don’t do it perfectly, all will be ruined. It’s going to lunch with a group of people after church, … [Read More]
Beating Yourself Up, Jean-Paul Sartre, and also Grace too
“If we make it through this month without hating each other, I will know we really can be friends.” My head was spinning, jet lag lingered in an ache that was settling deep into my bones, and none of the world seemed to even care. Decisions had to be made. Meetings needed to take place. … [Read More]