Blinded

What is it that you want?  I mean, really want?  A car?  Chocolate?  Money?  To find your ever after? To be a famous somebody? To cure something?  To save someone?  What do you want? But why?  Why do you want those things?  Why do we want what we want?  What is at the heart of […]

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Rich Soil

 Over the past two months, I didn’t chase after Tenele.  I didn’t pursue her or go looking for her at Mangwaneni like in the past.  (In fact, I didn’t go to Mangwaneni very much because I couldn’t face the pain of seeing Tenele there.)  There is a time and season for everything, and that season […]

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Puddle-Jumpers and Ocean-Crossers

“There comes a time when you need to stop crossing oceans for someone who won’t jump a puddle for you.” During my last week of my visit in the States, something significant (but by no means good) happened that prepared me for continuing my “redeeming love” journey with Tenele.  It was a heartbreaking situation with […]

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Child, Look Again

 After exposing my inner anguish and admitting my struggles with joy and self, I was encouraged by several people to commit more time to prayer.  My friend Jess told me that Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity commit two hours of prayer every day so their ministry might be successful.  So I went to mass and […]

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