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The Danger of a Single Story
My season of waiting continues. Even though I am still in the US waiting for a visa to Indonesia, I can share important stories. Today I will share a video I first encountered a few years ago, which is from a TED conference in 2009 (click to learn more about TED). In the video below, […]
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Lent and Blessing the Waiting
Since my return from the orientation in Toronto in January, I have been staying with my parents in southeastern Washington state. Recently on a trail, I ran among the dry sagebrush steppe and contemplated the desert and my lenten journey. How do I form and hold onto a spiritual practice for lent as I continue […]
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I’m still waiting, so why not run a half marathon?
I am still waiting. I can’t say that the last three weeks have been easy. Some days I have felt very much like my previous post, taking delight in the blessings; there have been other days, however, when I have felt most anxious. Someday I may unpack this time of waiting, and find important lessons. […]
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Delicious Ambiguity
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. (Psalm 130:5,6) Waiting. Each morning I arise and wonder, is this the day all loose ends will finally fall […]
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Update and Snow
A brief update: Waiting is hard. I’ll have to wait a bit longer to leave than was first anticipated. Today I used my photography skills to set up a mini-studio in my parents’ home to take a photo of myself for the visa. It was specified that said photo needed to be 4cmx6cm and have […]
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Sumatra Blue Batak
I originally drafted this post at the end of December, but have not been able to finish and post it until now. I was out for a walk and decided to stop at the Peet’s Coffee. In the shop I ordered some tea, but a sign caught my attention. The sign, drawn in chalk said […]
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Training in Toronto
I have kicked off my journey with ELCA Global Mission by a training event in Toronto. It is a 2-week event run by the Canadian Churches Forum on Global Ministries and includes other soon-to-be missionaries from various denominations in North America. The program started last week and will continue through this week. Below is a […]
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Advent
I am in the waiting time. And as it is the season of Advent, I am also waiting for the birth of Christ, God with us. As I anticipate serving in Indonesia (in 2 months!), and meeting the beautiful community there, I also hold dear my community in Seattle. This photo is from my home, […]
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Waiting. And Writer’s Block.
It is December. Somehow time has passed. It now gets dark at 4pm, while a blanket of gray covers the daylight. I have written several drafts of posts, but I haven’t finished any. I sit and stare at the nearly blank screen, sentence half written, and wonder how to communicate this inner process, the slow […]
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Goodbye, Autumn
As the days draw nearer to the Winter Solstice, the trees have become increasingly bare. Their leaves fall from branches, showering the earth with a cascade of color. Wet and clumped together, the leaves cover sidewalks and dot the still green grass. This being the Pacific Northwest, there is still plenty of green and growth […]
Megs the Wanderer 