Love Trumps Fear

Where do I begin? I am running late. Normally, I have this letter all written and sent at least a few days before the month ends. Yet here I am at 8PM still looking at my keyboard wondering where I begin. I have a lot I want to say, but how to say it? From... Continue Reading →

Hijacking The Truth

This post is like a little time capsule. It is something I wrote on this day years ago in another forum. I'm just going to paste it in its entirety so you can get a little glimpse into my mind a decade back. Honestly, I don't even remember what current event or thought first triggered its... Continue Reading →

This Is Why

This is why. This is why I will go to cities like Suruc to teach English and share God's love. This is why I will invest a portion of each day learning a language I did not even know existed a year ago. This is why I gave up everything I had in New York... Continue Reading →

War Tourism

It is not quite 4PM. It is also not quite 40 degrees. For you Americans reading this, the temperature is sitting at a little over 100 degrees. I have just got on a bus (a van, really) that will take me back to Gaziantep. I have spent less than two days here and now I... Continue Reading →

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