We seek to learn from those around us as we also teach.
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…
You know that quote by Jim Eliot? The one on all the mugs and t-shirts? "Wherever you are, be all there." It's been on my mind, only my variation sounds…
We were sitting in a church service in Central PA. Interestingly, politics were being discussed. A question was posed. Who should we be listening to right now? In regards to…
Summer is for reading, right!? Between out-of-town weddings, packing, and an almost 2-year old’s shenanigans, we are sneaking it in when we can. Our main categories of summer reading we’ve…