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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...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

We Got Kids Out Of A Cave. Let’s Get Them Out Of Cages (And Everywhere Else They’re Trapped).

I was in a Lyft on my way to work yesterday morning when I got...

July 03, 2018

We Are None Of Us Free

Tomorrow we'll shut down businesses and drink lemonade and host barbecues and set off fireworks...

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 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...

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...

July 2017

July 05, 2017

until we are all free

Yesterday, the U.S. celebrated Independence Day with barbecues, picnics, outdoor adventures, watermelon, ice cream and fireworks. Lots...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Skittles are candy. Refugees are people. (and other things that should go without saying)

I was as surprised as anyone that I woke up to the world going nuts...

January 2016

January 08, 2016

it happened one day at starbucks

You know how sometimes you feel someone's looking at you even though you're not looking...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

the invisible girls’ first thanksgiving

Of all the stories I've told about the Invisible Girls, this is far and away...

November 23, 2015

a place at the table

This week I’m lucky to have the flexibility (and frequent flyer miles) to fly to...

November 18, 2015

love

I don't have many words to describe the grief in my heart after what transpired...