Last Friday, one of the ladies who does housekeeping at work nervously asked if she could have a picture with me. The guys in the kitchen with us watched confused as I said “Of course!” Two things struck me. The first was how excited she was to have our pictures taken. The second was the confused […]
Stop for a moment and say: Today I feel good. Right now, I feel good. My life is amazing, and I am happy. Right now, in this moment, there is no missing part of me. There is nothing missing. ― Jennifer Pastiloff As I’ve been reading Jennifer’s book, I’m realizing that the thing I’ve stopped doing […]
Recently I find myself experiencing holy moments. Little snippets of time that are quiet in the chaos. My life this summer has been filled with words, conversations, noise, and decisions. I chose this. I thrive in the middle of it. And it is often exhausting. In the middle of it all, finding Holy Moments is […]
In my 19 months at this current job, the one thing that has remained constant is change. I’ve led 2 different domains and been the product leader for 6 others. I’ve lived in two different countries and I’ve taken on various initiatives and led some pretty big transitions. And all the time…change. But since April […]
Fences aren’t only intended to keep people out. They are meant to give the person on the inside a marker for the space that is entirely theirs to roam and oversee. The people on both sides of the fence should then be in positions to understand their own freedom and their own responsibility. I’m building […]
I spent yesterday in a nice sports car driving from Berlin to a tiny town in Poland. I had thought when I planned this trip that it was about 4 hour drive…but I was wrong. It is actually a little closer to 8 1/2. I am so deep into Poland that I am a couple […]
There is so much to say and yet there are no words. Rachel’s life was one of faith and questions and more faith. She beckoned to those of us who had left and were done with this life…this Church. She looked at us and called to us to come back. Just give it one […]
Yesterday I sat with a man deeply in pain. I knew that, as he shared his fears and cried real tears, he believed that I saw weakness. What he didn’t know was that I only saw beauty. Because of what was said to him…about him…this man was in his own suffering. He was doubting his […]
2018: In Memoriam Typically we reserve the idea of memoriam for the death of a person. But I am feeling the need to remember, grieve, and let go of 2018. To give it a send off so that 2019 has clear air and a fresh start. The start of 2018 found me in Stockholm with […]
More often than not, my experience has been that whiteness sees love as a prize it is owed, rather than a moral obligation it must demonstrate. This book should be required reading. And this sentence should break every white person who has sat in an American church and felt that anything was owed to them. […]