October 23, 2015
It sounds like I’m living with a disease, doesn’t it? Kind of like living with myalgia (muscle pain) or neuralgia (nerve pain). And in a way, it is like that. Nostalgia involves living with heart pain, with an unfulfilled yearning to return to a former time and place in your life, even if it’s only in your […]
Read More →June 2, 2015
Lately I’ve become so acclimated to life in the States that I often fear I’ve lost my sense of adventure. That’s part of my identity and I want it back! Well, after the trip we just had, I can gladly report that I’ve still got it. Our return trip from our stateside paradise took longer […]
Read More →March 5, 2015
I woke up in a panic in the middle of the night. One thought filled my mind. My passport is expiring! I jumped out of bed to check the expiration date. Fortunately, I caught it one month before I’d be stuck paying a higher fee. I’m safe. And even if I wasn’t, I have no […]
Read More →December 22, 2014
A quarter of a century ago, the tide of the Romanian Revolution turned, miraculously, and the people won their freedom. I’ll never forget the thrill of that Christmas season as I prepared to move to Eastern Europe. Hopelessness turned to hope. The impossible happened. Years of invisible faith lived out in the dark, for that […]
Read More →December 18, 2014
Christmas will come next week and we are bombarded with hopelessness. Will our world ever be a safe place? We feel collective anguish for the people of Sydney, Pakistan, and Ferguson. Maybe you, too, are facing the loneliness and despair of Christmas without a loved one present. Hope feels impossible. Elusive. Unattainable. And yet I’m reminded of […]
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