Carnivals: Diversity in America
I stood under a canopy of strung lights and watched the carnival-goers mill about before me. The air was heavy with thick summer humidity…
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Third Culture Kid: Pleased to Meet You
When I was ten years old my family picked up and moved to Kazakhstan, and I became a third culture kid. In 1996, my…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: How to Write the Great American Novel
“I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald. Probably…
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The Enemy Within – An Essay by Julie Clark
Again hate and fear are splashed across the pages of our newspapers, our screens, and our hearts. How is our world continuing to spiral…
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Holy Thursday: Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You trust in God. Trust also in me.” – Jesus John 14:1 What about when violence seems…
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Greetings in China
For many years my family and I lived in China. Even though I had the basics of the Chinese language, there were so many…
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Booties on the Ground & Throwing Books, Not Bombs
“Booties on the ground!” My daughter shouted up the stairs as I was looking for my grand-babies little shoes before we headed out on…
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Reflections: Central Asian Hospitality
If you asked me what one outstanding characteristic of Central Asian culture is, I would tell you: hospitality. This does not mean they always…
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Perfect: A Word with No Meaning
There are several words in this language called English that I find to be arbitrary, without real meaning. I’m sure they exist in many…
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Peregrinatio, Pilgrimage Celtic Style
‘Peregrinatio’ is a Latin term used by St. Augustine Of Hippo urging Christians of the 4th and 5th centuries to adopt a life of…
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A Brief Introduction to Celtic Christian Spirituality
Celtic Christianity was birthed in Ireland during the 5th Century when the gospel was brought to its wild tribal people by St. Patrick and…
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On Travelling. An Essay…
I’ve never understood people who say that the world is small. I’ve never understood people who don’t go back somewhere (like Nice, France) because…
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