The Gifts of the Homeless
When God moves in our hearts, it can be with unexpected whispers of the Spirit through the actions of the least likely. Three times over the Advent/Christmas season we received gifts from homeless people. We do not know all the reasons that they are...
Kites of Teufelsberg
A few minutes walk from our apartment is the 120-meter high, man-made Teufelsberg (Devil’s Mountain). This hilltop plateau with views of the city and the surrounding Grunewald (Green Forest) was made from some 75 million cubic meters of rubble from the second world...
Abbott and Costello in Uganda
It’s always fun when I can bring a bit of Americana to my students.
Yesterday in class with my Master of Divinity I students, one of them asked me a question, to which I responded, “simanyi,” or “I don’t know.” A student who was sitting in front of me asked what that…
Who’s Timing?
Are You Ready for a New Beginning?
#CarryOnAdvent: God’s Perseverance
God called me to Madagascar November 2007 when I heard Rev. Patsy McGregor speak in Miami. After three short term missions I finally arrived in March 2018 with a commitment to be here for 3 years to work at the Women’s Center in Toliara. I retired from teaching high...