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July 2016

July 08, 2016

in the aftermath

Yesterday I flew from Florida to Oregon, which means that I was on airplanes for...

July 04, 2016

no one’s free until we’re all free

Yesterday I read Ta-Nehisi Coates' book, Between The World And Me. It's a letter from...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

so you want to change the world:healing vs. changing

I have spent the past nine months working on my second book, which is about...

June 26, 2016

so you want to change the world: it starts with you

Looking back on my interview at Yale's PA program, I try to remember what I...

June 22, 2016

so you want to change the world

When I was interviewing at Yale's Physician Assistant program, I was 22 years old, sitting...

June 21, 2016

all the single ladies: the new wedding trend that has to stop

Last week, I read about a new wedding trend. Apparently, at the reception, instead of...

June 19, 2016

father’s day

I know for a lot of people, Father's Day can bring up a lot of...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

making it through

I was on chemotherapy during the summer of 2007. My mom went to church one...

May 27, 2016

after africa

Hi, friends!!! I just wanted to write a quick update to let you know how...

May 18, 2016

for the love

On Monday night I took a short flight from Kisumu to Nairobi, and then took a...

May 12, 2016

soap operas, storms & stillness

When I wasn't doing projects with the staff or the students at the school for...

May 10, 2016

english, swahili & the language our lives speak

Mama and Papa, the host couple I'm staying with in Kenya, have lots of visitors...

May 08, 2016

dangers, toils, snares…and typhoid

I spent most of the day Friday doing health screenings on 60 children who attend...

May 06, 2016

all in the familia

The first day I arrived at the homestead here in Kenya, I met the older...

May 03, 2016

right vs. safe

When I left for Togo last year, it was shortly after the Ebola outbreak in...

May 02, 2016

$12 a day

Lots of people have written asking how they can help the school for orphans where...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

the (dis)comfort zone

Today is my 4th day in Kenya. So far it's been a great experience....very friendly...

April 28, 2016

the place with three doors

On the ferry ride from the mainland to the island, Francis, the social worker who...

April 27, 2016

and then there was kenya

I'm blogging from a small internet cafe on Rusinga Island, in Lake Victoria in western Kenya....

April 11, 2016

to the man who called my Somali refugee girls “terrorists.”

Yesterday, I checked out of my hotel in downtown Chicago. I had a few hours...

April 06, 2016

when i decided to say ‘i love you’

Contrary to what you may have thought when you read the title of this blog...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

when life doesn’t add up

Well, today's the day. I had my taxes done last week, and today's the day...

March 29, 2016

blessed and broken: the week after easter

It's a few days after the resurrection and, as Jesus is walking down the road...

March 26, 2016

the day before resurrection

Every Easter weekend, people repeat that saying, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming,” as if to...

March 25, 2016

gethsemane & the difference between wrestling and rebelling

Last night I went to a Maundy Thursday service. It’s only the second one I’ve...

March 22, 2016

sorrow, socks and the courage to try again

As I write this morning, I’m wearing a pair of white ankle socks that are...

March 17, 2016

…and then

So far, March hasn't been the best month of my life. I am behind on...

March 16, 2016

my kenya registry

Friends! I have been invited to go to an orphanage in Kenya from April 24 -...

March 11, 2016

darlin’ don’t you know where you’re from?

In January I was traveling in Mississippi for an event when I realized I was...

March 10, 2016

arkansas

Hi, friends! Today I began a month-long stay in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where I'll be...