My first full time job out of college was as a Preschool English teacher at a bilingual Christian school in the Dominican Republic. My job was to go into each of the 6 preschool classrooms every day for 30 minutes and teach an English lesson. It was fun and exhausting and hard and awesome. The … Continue reading Having tattoos, being a balloon, and the wilderness
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Here’s the thing about calling
This morning I watched a little video of Jen Hatmaker (because I'm reading For the Love and I apparently just can't get enough) wherein she talked about how self-criticism breeds others-criticism. She talked about how we tend to pretend ourselves on the internet as a little more put together than we actually are and we … Continue reading Here’s the thing about calling
Here’s the thing about the first fifty
We're half way through July and I'm half way through this year's book challenge. Time to talk books! AUDIOBOOKS Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer The Thickety by J.A. White Let's start with audiobooks, since I only listened to four. I have been a fan of audiobooks since downloaded all … Continue reading Here’s the thing about the first fifty
Here’s the thing about May
On the first day of May I walked down the stairs of my apartment building to be greeted by my principal. I was ten minutes late for school and she was holding a puppy. "It's a puppy!" she said. "Put him in your apartment!" Or something like that. So, naturally, I put him in my … Continue reading Here’s the thing about May
Here’s the thing about choosing Jesus
Last week I read this article by Jen Hatmaker. It's called "Where I Stand" and in it Jen offers her personal convictions and stance on homosexuality. You know, because of the whole World Vision thing, which is a-whole-nother discussion I have decided not to enter except to say that Jesus spoke about loving the poor and orphaned more than … Continue reading Here’s the thing about choosing Jesus
