Today I’m starting the 100 day project. For me this will be “100 days of blogging”. The project is an online community of creatives wanting accountability to explore a passion by doing just a little bit every day and sharing it on social media. So I’ve chosen to write on this blog, every day for … More The 100 Day Project
Some people think they don’t have a culture. They are deceived. The simplest way to discover one’s own culture is to come in contact with another culture. It’s been said that a fish doesn’t know that water exists until it’s a “fish out of water”. Water, like culture, is so pervasive and so normative that … More Water
When I was about 12 I started my international sand collection. A friend was traveling to Hawaii and wanted to bring me a souvenir. A bottle of sand seemed to be the perfect gift—afterall, no sand is like any other! I treasured that vile of tiny granules because they connected me to a place that … More My Sand Collection
In the middle of the Pacific you find a lot of people who have traveled between the coasts and islands encompassed by this vast ocean. Since I too have grown up tracing lines across the Pacific on 747’s, I feel like I fit right in. In some ways, Hawaii is like an airport arrival hall … More Missionaries of many colors
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will hold me, your right hand will hold me fast. – Psalm 139:9-10 10 years ago, I flew across the Pacific ocean, leaving behind the island that had been home, with its smells … More flight
crossing oceans bridging cultures 