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February 2019

February 19, 2019

Cisterns vs. Wells: Practicing rest in a restless world

A few years ago I met a man who had a chronic illness, who also...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Why Christmas Should Be Cancelled This Year

Advent begins this Sunday. Christians around the world will spend four holy weeks preparing our...

November 06, 2018

Vote with your ballot. Then vote with your life.

A while ago, a horrible thing happened to me. Someone I trusted used, abused and...

September 2018

September 19, 2018

Going Viral.

Last week, a video went viral. It was a video of 56-year-old Anthony Torres shaving...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

If Your Gospel Isn’t Good News For Everyone, It’s Not Good News For Anyone: Why I Signed #PledgetoPause

Earlier this summer, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy announced he would retire, leaving an empty seat...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

Make America Kind Again.

It's World Refugee Day. There are more displaced people today than there have ever been...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

One More Cup Of Tea: Practicing Emotional Hospitality In A Hostile World

The weather in San Francisco abruptly changed two days ago. It went from being sunny...

May 21, 2018

Love In All Its Forms

On Saturday morning as I was putting on scrubs and clogs and pulling my hair...

May 11, 2018

The Book I Needed To Read But Couldn’t Find

One of the best pieces of writing advice I ever got was, "Write the book...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

how to make our wounded world well

In upstate New York today, there's a 13-year-old black, Muslim, refugee girl walking around with...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

rise up: taking a crippled world to its feet

We can live our lives consumed by seeking standing ovations that bring crowds to their...

December 04, 2017

am I brave? nope. not even a little.

I think having courage is more meaningful than being brave because it means you honestly...

December 01, 2017

why beauty makes the world worth it

As I remember the joy of today, 24 hours before leaving for the next leg...

November 2017

November 20, 2017

futbol and FIFA boys

“Okay,” I said. “If you show me where they are, I’ll buy you a FIFA...

November 10, 2017

when Love takes you to a war zone

In December I'll be traveling to South Sudan to teach medicine. It's the most dangerous...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

an update on The Invisible Girls

Here's an update on The Invisible Girls -- the five Somali refugee girls I met...

October 23, 2017

suffer the little children

Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me.” But instead, we let little...

October 14, 2017

what airports in October teach me about compassion

For years I said that because breast cancer kept me from traveling to Africa, the...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

MAGA: How goodness makes us great again

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, I have been praying for Houston. I have been captivated...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

what a free bowl of oatmeal taught me about healing the world

If you follow me on social media, you know that I fly a lot. One...

April 2016

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 16, 2016

my kenya registry

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

October 2015

October 13, 2015

the ground on which we stand

I landed in the U.S. on October 5th. One of the first things I saw...

October 12, 2015

fall dates

Hey, friends! I wanted to let you know about my fall dates. No, unfortunately, not...

October 10, 2015

compassion: part II

Felix lives less than two miles from the Compassion center. We climb into the director's...

October 10, 2015

compassion: part I

On my last weekend in Togo, I visited a Compassion International site in Lome, the...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

the very last drop

We're out of water. It's one of the driest "rainy" seasons on record in West...

September 22, 2015

(still)

Yesterday was my first day back at work, post-malaria. When I got malaria, I was in...