“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Ordained clergy and mom to three in Hoosier country trying to keep up with college students in part-time ministry. Zealous about God and church, parenting, books, writing, snow, running, goldfish crackers (i.e. remnants from the babies' meals), social justice, and fresh air.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. ~St. Francis of Assisi
Asian Invasion: Remembering Vincent Chin
[Photo from here.] His last words were, “It’s not fair.” I remember the first time I read the story about Vincent Chin. It was in Helen Zia’s book, Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. I was reading it for my senior thesis in seminary, which also became a huge factor in my […]
Deeper Story: Yellow Fever and Letting Go of Shame
Yellow Fever: 1. An infectuous tropical disease carried by mosquitoes. 2. A term usually applied to white males who have a clear sexual preference for women of Asian descent. [From Urban Dictionary] 3. Feeling shame about one’s asianness. (My definition) || A friend of mine lamented that his girlfriend did not know who Emmet Till […]
Asian Invasion: AAPI Heritage Month
(I’m not sure what I think about the photo above. But that’s what Google images gave me when I typed in “Asian American.”] Okay, I’m slow. I guess, I have an excuse. You know, those 3 kids of mine. But, seriously, I thought I could get it together and muster up enough energy, even in […]
Almost May: Catching Up and Springing Forward
-Louis Armor- Someone posted this on Facebook. It felt like it was pasted there really purposefully. For me. I have tried to take a hiatus from blogging because of one pressing deadline and wanting to get going on the other one due this summer. Feeling like lately the hiatus has been less rest though and […]
Screwing Up Our Kids: Fighting Rape Culture as a Parent
[Image from here.] I know I will screw up my kids. That Andy and I together will screw them up in some way. This is the scenario right now: I’m an ordained minister in the PCUSA. Andy is an ordained minister in the PCUSA. We are both older siblings. We are from different cultural regions […]
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