It's the week before Christmas and all through the house, "the kids are going crazy!" said you and your spouse. Enter a fun, easy, engaging craft for you and your…
In years past, I have been that person who unashamedly shops for presents in the $1 section of Target or buys a last minute Starbucks card for a friend. This…
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.” –Mr. Rogers This past…
My little family has lived outside of the United States longer than we’ve lived inside its borders. Our dinner table typically offers a spread of kimchi, momos, and curry. It…
When it comes to ideas, I like to think big. It's more fun. I mean who doesn't want to visioneer building an eco-lodge in the Himalayas that taps into the…
"What are you doing in Besisahar?" The shopkeeper asked in Nepali. It had already been a week in the small capital of Lamjung and there was plenty of curiosity around…
Someone asked me recently to talk about the idea of being a Servant Artist. I have heard mentors, teachers, and people I look up to teach on this in the…
Nepal is a small country. The distance from our house to Lamjung, where EQUIP's partner schools are, is only 65 miles away as the crow flies. What Nepal may lack…
When we enter a culture, our senses are on high alert. What are all of these new smells, colors, movement, and sounds? We filter them through our paradigm of “normal”…
Circa 1991 If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his…