Mar 2, 2022 | Culture, Faith
I feel a sense of responsibility and urgency to write about the immigrant and refugee experience, especially with all that we are seeing in the news. For some of you, this may mean a continued exploration of knowing yourselves and living authentically (as discussed in...
Feb 23, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club, Uncategorized
“Be yourself so that people that are looking for you can find you.” – Arlan Hamilton I chose It’s About Damn Time for the Peacemaker’s Book Club because when I read it this summer I was taken by Arlan’s humble confidence. Through her stories, she...
Jan 26, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
I chose Last Stop on Market Street* to kick off the Peacemaker’s Book Club because as a mother I have learned (or re-learned) that children’s books can be as meaningful and insightful for adults as they are for children. Reading with my kids at bedtime is something I...
Nov 16, 2021 | Peacemaker
We visited the Philippines for the summer every five years starting when I was three years old. I didn’t have any cousins in the U.S. (until about age 10), while I had dozens of cousins in the Philippines. To give you an idea, my mom’s two sisters had 20 children...
