I was going to write another poem on my blog today but forgot the notebook in which I wrote it. It is in Spanglish (or code switching, really) and it is about a topic that Pastor Bob addressed … Read more about Nancy
Prison
About a year and a half ago I wrote a poem because I felt far from God in my mind and was questioning my salvation, his presence, the works. I dug up this poem from my old blog site at … Read more about Prison
A poem for the week.
I was going to write this week about this adorable girl in the Granjas colonia with whom I traded necklaces this Sunday. More will come about her....along with some things I did last week that … Read more about A poem for the week.
Humans aren’t like rubber bands…
There's a running joke in our group (I love inside jokes) about the sentence I included in my title. But let me explain. Someone brought up in our group that humans are like rubber … Read more about Humans aren’t like rubber bands…
Una semana interesante
For about a couple weeks I've been running on the roads in the fields behind our church-home in Colonia Libertad, in Matamoros, whenever it's not unbearably muddy. So in the six or … Read more about Una semana interesante
Matamoros, Semana 2
So I'm in the heart of a bordertown with hardened mud roads. Yesterday, for the first time since I've been here, it rained. Hard. And today was pretty consistent. So the roads … Read more about Matamoros, Semana 2
La pobre
So the other day we got to walk throught the colonia (neighborhood) right next to us, Colonia Granjas. I saw this lady walking with her two children and it inspired this poem I guess. Or … Read more about La pobre
Saludos de Mexico!
Por fin! I am here! After a week-long stint in training camp in Georgia that seemed to harken back to a bad M*A*S*H episode, I am here in a comfortable bed, shacked up with five other … Read more about Saludos de Mexico!
Motions
Okay, if y'all (I'ma start talking like a southerner now 'cuz I'ma be down south!) are fixin' to protest these poem posts, go 'head. But blame Jars of Clay and Galatians 5...why? Listening … Read more about Motions
