Unfortunately, I think I'm now an adult

The Episcopal church has in recent years and months focused more and more on promoting and talking and doing something about reconciliation. Yay! It was a big part of our missionary training, and I doubt anyone can sincerely state that it is unnecessary at this point in history.  In fact, it's been important at every point in history, but with recent media and events coverage I feel, like many, that this could indeed be a big tipping point. So I am very glad that the Episcopal church has been developing and offering resources on reconciliation for years now. There is already a whole host of resources here  with info aplenty on racial reconciliation, a most critical issue in current US society.  Great resources and great people, all of which aid us as individuals, congregations, and dioceses to better educate ourselves to improve the future. But in my time in Brazil, and especially at the GEMN conference back in May, I have been forced to confront the fact that there is ...

So I realized while writing the last post, that I have not been posting the music and songs I've been praying quite as much as I used to.  But I'm aiming to change that with this post.  So if you see these in your email, the songs probably won't load for you to listen to, so I recommend you visit the actual blog link so you can hear exactly what my heart and soul have been singing lately.  It's also a good chance to listen to a bit more Portuguese, but know that some of the songs are in English as well. Eu realizei que durante a blog passado, eu não foi colocado tao musica e canções do que antes. Estou tentando a mudar isso com este blog. Então se você olhar este blog no seu email, as canções provavelmente não está aqui. Eu recomendo que você usa a verdadeiro blog para olhar as meditações da minha coração recentemente. Uns está no portugûes, mas outros está no inglês. Curtir. In this place you are real I will give myself fully Your touch opened the eyes of my...

Before I start, I'll give a quick reminder that if you got here through a Facebook link, you may not always see exactly when I post new stuff.  The best way to do that is to subscribe.  If you already have a RSS feed, you can follow easily.  If you have no idea what that means, or just don't want to figure that out, you can subscribe by email in the side panel (or at the bottom on a mobile device).  That way new stuff will guaranteed make it to you!) So for my YASC class, in terms of locations, Brasilia is the farthest from an ocean, over 100 miles further inland than Paris, France, and double that of Dodoma, Tanzania from the coast, and clearly beating any spot in Haiti, Japan, the Philippines, and other island nations and port cities.  So this Florida girl has been seriously limited on beach time this year.  However, lately, the ocean has certainly been on my mind.  Mostly because I'm being haunted by another song again. It's a song I sang last s...