To have the opportunity to go to Kigali for a University education was a mixed blessing. To leave to go to the Rwandan capital city would mean being very far away from the prison where her parents and sister were being kept. However, for a chance at a meaningful future life, the University education provided … Continue reading Speciose Nyiramana: Everyday Extraordinary Woman pt 2 →

(I have been working on this piece for the better part of a week with some difficulty. Specy is a friend and to tell her story, I wanted to be sure to convey the atrocities that happened in her country, while honoring her dignity and her people. This two part post will share only minutely the … Continue reading Speciose Nyiramana: An Everyday Extraordinary Woman, Part 1 →

We have been home for a few weeks, and while the busy-ness of everyday life has put us back into our regular paces, I can't help but turn my mind back to the slow days at the Village. The days where you prayed for each moment to be a little slower than normal to enjoy … Continue reading Give Kids the World: The Wrap Up →

This year the Hilton Corporation is celebrating its 100 year anniversary with a Random Acts of Hospitality initiative where team members are providing acts of generous hospitality in their communities as well as their properties. As a consumer, my family has been a Hilton family. From Hampton Inns and Suites, the legendary Waldorf-Astoria, Embassy Suites, … Continue reading Hilton 100 →

It has happened. I have officially, without question hit middle age. I am calling this situation sitting on the hinge. I am a little bit obsessed with sitting on the hinge. It seems like such a great opportunity to me. Looking to the left, I see my life so far. I have learned a lot. … Continue reading Sitting on the Hinge →

On Friday, He was: Kissed Seized Arrested Denied Questioned Mocked Beaten Blindfolded Slapped Insulted Led Accused Summoned Questioned Ridiculed Mocked Dressed in a Robe Sent Examined Pardoned Traded for a Murderer Surrendered to the people Flogged Seized Burdened Stripped Crucified Sneered at Mocked Insulted Killed Pierced Buried   On Friday, I was: Redeemed.   May … Continue reading Good Friday →

Mols has become an expert at making communion bread. With a hint of rosemary, she has mastered combining the flour, olive oil and water into tiny cakes, toasted on the outside and warm and soft in the middle. To acknowledge Maundy Thursday, she joined me in the kitchen to make us bread as I prepared … Continue reading Mandy Thursday →

On the top of a hill, in a Garden God built, was a tree that bore the fruit of good and evil. Woman and man ate fruit from the tree that sat upon that hill. Sin entered the garden and therefore the world, and the man and the woman knew shame and were bare. God, … Continue reading The Tree in the Midst of The Garden →