Back in August, I promised that I would tell you a little more in October about a holiday I learned about last year from a student project in our library: White Sunday. It’s celebrated today in Samoa, and by the Samoans in my community. Pictures of White Sunday look like Confirmation Sunday or like a group …
When Mary finds out she’s pregnant, she takes a little trip. Why do you think she goes to her cousin’s house? Do you remember what’s special about this particular cousin? https://soundcloud.com/sonjas-bible-stories/luke-1-mary-visits-elizabeth Who would you visit if something unbelievable happened to you? Share it in the comments! [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114336743” params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Last week’s post was all about being grateful–and a mite overwhelmed–for the big transition to college we were helping our daughter make, as well as for the wonderful opportunity to host a student from Japan for a week–the same week. This week, I will let pictures tell the story. Schedules got juggled, boxes and suitcases …
This will be a short post today, but my heart is full and I feel so blessed by two big events in our lives at the moment. The first event is the big transition to college for our oldest child. Seattle Pacific University did a great job making us feel happy this past week to …
“No one will know,” I thought. Living alone and far from home in Tokyo about 25 years ago, I was trying to decide whether or not to sleep in or get up and go to church. Who would care? How could it matter? It’s easy to think that you can get away with certain things …
This post is for all the Christians who are about to start another school year as a teacher, an aide, an administrator, or even a bus driver or the person who rides along in the bus to make sure the special ed kids’ needs are met. If you’ve ever wondered how being a Christian can …
The first time I became aware of Ramadan–it was, in fact, my first-ever significant exposure to Islam–several 2nd grade boys in my international school classroom in Tokyo come running to me, their teacher, to inform me that one of their classmates wouldn’t eat. He was a boy from Qatar, and he usually wouldn’t eat pork …
Oh yes, there was diversity in my small hometown in Ohio. We had the kids who went to church every Sunday no matter what, the kids who only went to special youth group events, or (gasp!) the people who only went to church on Christmas and Easter. My twelve-year-old self couldn’t have imagined that one …
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Sophie and Timley, the two main characters in my upcoming novel for kids, (Bon Voyage, Sophie Topfeather), run away from home and find themselves “up in a crow’s nest”–alone, scared, away from family and friends’ expectations, and on the adventure of a lifetime. In that isolated place, high above a vast ocean, they are no …
