Father’s Day has become a day in which I don’t exactly know what to do with myself. I don’t know if I should keep busy or be calm, be around folks or take time to myself. I don’t know if I should celebrate or mourn, be thankful or cry, or give myself permission to feel […]

The culmination of a number of reflections on this past season, where things currently seem to rest, and how therein lies both a certain amount of peace, as well as a certain amount of necessary recognition of frustration and longing. Grief and growth do a little dance.   Oh, how I wonder if the sprout […]

Yesterday was a big day. It was a different day, a hard day, a heart bursting happy day, a day that shook me. Yesterday was a day that I am very thankful for. Something exists here in Miami that I am honored, and dang proud, to be able to share with you. This something is […]

I’ve been finding it difficult to keep up with this blog for the past few months in a consistent way. I haven’t felt as though I know what to share with you, my family and friends, who are loving me and supporting me in this time. However, I still appreciate US-2 for pushing us to […]

From a dear friend:   There was a balloon, very small in size that try as it might it just could not rise. Its rubber was worn and its knot barely tied and often it wanted to run and to hide because life was not always so easy. But it could not let go of […]

It was Thanksgiving that my thoughts last made it here. I have had no earthly idea how to update my “goings on” through this means these past few months…and haven’t necessarily had any problem with that. They have seemed too big to be shared in this way. But, as I sat on my porch today […]

I spent Thanksgiving here in Miami this year & was able to have an entirely new kind of celebration. Wednesday night I was able to attend an Interfaith Thanksgiving service at my church, where a number of congregations, from different religious traditions, came together for worship. I was so happy to be a part of […]

Passionate people are something to be celebrated. We should celebrate ourselves, celebrate one another, and celebrate the fact that somewhere, in some way, we all care. I’ve been realizing this a great deal lately in various ways, but I’d like to share a bit more about a more specific instance. The Wesley Foundation at FIU […]

Something I’m not sure I’ve elaborated upon about my time in Miami has been the excitement I have towards the culture and the people here. We need to first sit and recognize that Miami in & of itself is a diverse place. We then need to recall that my placement is with a ministry at […]