Hong Kong

Hong Kong

I expected different. I expected to feel lost, altered, maybe even frightened or bewildered. But I’m not any of these things. And neither is Patrick. Hong Kong could be Chicago. Or Baltimore. Or Seattle. No more strange. No more foreign. And no less 🙂 It’s...
Right now, courage is counted in ounces~

Right now, courage is counted in ounces~

I awoke at 2am; not unusual. Tucked my pillows under my arm and rolled from bed with a much needed call for courage; ‘This is the day the Lord has made….’ This is the day ‘my pillows’ are no longer mine. This is the day my feet hit the...
So, this is what courage looks like?

So, this is what courage looks like?

I am terrified. I hesitate to write these words, hearing the warning that to speak is to bring into being. I believe this is true; but I also believe to speak my fears, my hesitations, my doubts and insignificance is to work it out of the place it can lodge in myself,...
Faith of Leap…..

Faith of Leap…..

‘One who pitches their tent without constantly looking out for new horizons, who does not continually strike camp, is being untrue to their calling…Play down your longing for certainty, accept what is risky, live by improvisation and experiment.’ ...
be still and rest

be still and rest

Have you had to do that, sit still and rest? It sounds like such a glorious position to take when I am catching the next flight, and hurrying to the car rental kiosk and juggling another city map as I simultaneously try to read the flashing-by signposts…. but as...