Jun 17, 2025 | Culture, Featured
Whenever I travel to a new city, I always try to visit a museum, a bookstore, and a great local restaurant. Even at home, I visit our local museums and First Friday gallery nights when I can. I daydream of working among works of art, and even considered returning to...
Sep 26, 2023 | Culture, Featured
The threads connecting nature and culture are sewn deeply into my life experience. My childhood summer vacations to the Philippines often coincided with the rainy season. Instead of considering it a hardship, we’d treasure the rain that refreshed us and gave us relief...
May 21, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
Soon after my father died in 2013, I started writing stories that became the beginnings of a memoir about me, my family, love, and faith. A few years ago, I outlined chapters and started drafting a book proposal, and late last year I committed to intentionally carving...
May 17, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
Our family is in the midst of becoming licensed to provide Transitional Foster Care, giving a temporary home to unaccompanied children seeking asylum at the border. I wanted to participate in the program as soon as I heard about it because it sounded like a meaningful...
