Sometimes I want to be like Jesus because I think he had all his stuff together. I think my generation (even more than most generations before) suffers from this deep desire and temptation to arrive and to have it all…

Our love. our love, our love is all we have.Our love, Our love is all of God’s money.Everyone is a burning sun. -from the song Jesus, etc. by Wilco Our team has been reading, thinking, and talking a lot about…

So, I realize I really haven’t given many of you a clear idea of what it is exactly that I’m up to over here in Africa. Some of you might think I ride an elephant into poverty stricken villages everyday,…

Today is set apart for Martin Luther King, Jr. I have been listening to his speeches over and over in the last few weeks – as I run, as I fall asleep, as I walk through a town that is…

So, the holidays are over. It’s 2008. A few friends and I spent the week before Christmas in Cape Town touring the city and frequenting the movie theater (we also ate Cinnabon cinnamon rolls every single night). You should all…

Here come the holidays my friends. I suppose that by this time you are stitching up the holes in your stockings, braving crowded malls, ice-skating and holding hands, drinking hot beverages, stringing strands of popcorn, hoping for snow (flushing ice…

Today I met a man who lives on the street and works with his hands all day. He said, “You are kind of like a black man.” All of his friends clapped their hands and nodded their heads and my…

hey there, Sorry it’s been so long since the last time I’ve updated you guys on life over here. One week ago my team of about 15 people arrived in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. It was a 13 or 14…

My team just arrived in Jeffreys Bay two days ago.  Today we’re on a scavenger hunt around town and one of our bullets is to post a blog – so take heart.  I will be blogging here much more regularly…