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Snapshots of a A Walk to Civita di Bagnoregio, an ancient hilltown in Italy reachable only by a pedestrian bridge. So 2500 years ago, some very ingenious folks (Etruscans) built this city on top of a hill. Hill towns are a common theme in my travels around Italy, but Civita is special because you can …
Lake Bolsena: Driving tour around the lake from Montefiascone After enjoying the view of Lago di Bolsena (Lake Bolsena) from our hilltop town of Montefiascone, we decided to take a day to get closer to the water. We could not have had a more gorgeous day, so we took our time driving all the way …
Snapshots of Montefiascone a hilltop town in Italy overlooking Lago de Bolsena (Lake Bolsena). Here are a few highlights from my first days in Italy: Squeals of delight upon seeing dear friends. A room in a hilltop monastery with a view of the valley below. Wisteria-lined roads. The ancient town fortress of Montefiascone. Following cobblestone …
News from the Chino House Here are a few things I’ve been loving this month: wisteria and tulips playing with sourdough starter imagining a world without prisons walking with friends on Arkansas trails and around the lake eating dinner in the backyard at a table and chairs that someone gave to us teaching yoga at …
10 Easy Things You Could Do On MLK Day To Honor the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1. Listen to a whole MLK speech. When we only see the popular quotes pulled from his speeches, we are in danger of consuming a sanitized version of Dr. King that makes us comfortable. Listening to Dr. …
Favorites of 2018 Hello 2019. I’m grateful you’re here. There are so many things I am already hoping and praying for in the year ahead. But before I get ahead of myself, I want to take a minute to be grateful for what 2018 brought into my life. So here are some of the books, …
Thoughts on reading: The Color of Compromise: The Truth About The American Church’s Complicity in Racism A new book by Jemar Tisby I have been following Jemar Tisby’s work for a couple of years now and have been eagerly anticipating the release of his new book The Color of Compromise, so when calls went out …
Cauliflower, Chickpea, Sweet Potato and Kale Curry Here are all the reasons I have made this curry three times in the last two weeks: The temperatures have finally dropped. I bought 40 pounds of sweet potatoes from a farmer. It’s a fulfilling vegetarian meal option! All the colors make it so pretty. Curry leftovers for …
Hiking in Switzerland: Before we moved back to the US, we spent two weeks hiking in Switzerland together as a way to wrap up our four years in Europe.
Be Still and Know: A Restorative Yoga Class Sequence + Spiritual Practice Back in June, as part of my Yoga Teacher Training, I taught a yoga class that is hosted by area churches called Be Still and Know. Be Still and Know is a restorative yoga class that is both gentle movement and spiritual practice. …
I’ve been making this Vegetarian Pad Thai for several months now. I use whatever green vegetables I happen to have. Sometimes I add fish or mushrooms. It’s super versatile. This week I made it with broccoli but, snow peas and sugar snap peas work well. It’s a win in our house because everyone will eat …
Y’all, I’ve been walking in the early mornings and I found a red UK phone booth in a yard in my neighborhood. Right here in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Isn’t that crazy? I painted it as part of trying to stretch my creative muscles in a new way for Candace’s Moment Sketchers project. So fun. I …
The overnight bus left Berlin at around 9pm and arrived in Gdańsk, Poland at 4:45am. It was one of those nights you think will never end. Ben and I pushed against one another on the sticky hot bus, trying to get some sleep. I spent way too much time lamenting my unwillingness to pay for …
Curried Red Lentils (Daal) and Rice When I first moved to a new house in Aberdeen, my friend Claire made these curried red lentils out of what I happened to have in my pantry after we had unpacked it. I watched in amazement as she produced this gorgeous dish for dinner from what I had …
2 favorite salad dressings, 4 favorite essays, 2 books and 1 song. Happy Friday friends. I’ve made several jars of my two favorite salad dressings (Goddess and Ginger) so I’ve been eating salads for days. Ben: Let me guess what’s for dinner? Salad again? It’s been a minute since I did any kind of life …
A Walk in the Black Forest in Germany Last summer, we knew our time in Germany was winding down, at least for a while, so we spent our Saturdays finding new trails even though we were perfectly happy to walk the same gorgeous trails around Tübingen over and over again. The boys had gone camping …
MLK50: Gospel Reflections from the Mountaintop On April 3-4th, I had the great privilege of going with a group from my church to MLK50, a conference in Memphis that happened in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s tragic death. The purpose of the conference was to create an “opportunity for Christians …
Potsdam, Germany is a fun and easy day trip from Berlin. Potsdam is a thirty minute drive from where we were staying in Berlin and boasts a garden that seems like a smaller and much less crowded version of Versailles. (Also it is free to visit!) So we decided to spend a day there. We …
I’m not sure exactly when I heard about EJI’s (Equal Justice Initiative) Community Remembrance Project, but I know that when I heard about it, I wanted to figure out a way to participate. I want to be a part of creating a greater awareness about our nation’s dark history, not just slavery, but the way …
Snapshots of Berlin, Germany From the moment we moved to Germany, Ben told us he wanted to go to Berlin. Every time we took a short trip, he would ask when we were going to Berlin. So as our year in Germany was winding down, we decided we needed to make it happen. We rented …