Saint Hewett

I had a whole different post in mind yesterday after some really good conversations with students this week, but then this morning I had the privilege of rea...

Today's post comes to you in disjointed stories as I stitch together the lessons I'm learning and the lies I'm rooting out of my life. Please bear with me in...

Praise the Lord, I have documentation from my insurance advocate that they will cover reimbursement and ongoing payments for my catheters under this current ...

It's overcast and rainy here in Kandern; it has been for several days. The forecast predicts more weather like this and a thunderstorm soon. I wrote a youth ...

Shannon and I were talking this week about how I've had access to Disney + for weeks now but have yet to watch High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. ...

If you go through my archive, you'll find more than one reference to the Superchic[k] song "Alright." It showed up in one of my annual playlists as well (bec...

Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about suicide based on a vid...

Listening to this podcast is a better use of your time than my blog; come back here for commentary on this episode: https://bibleproject.com/podcast/taking-g...

I can't remember if I mentioned publicly about my monthly commitment to read Isaiah this year. This month, I'm choosing one verse each chapter that stands ou...

As people asked me about how work and life are going this week, I usually answered honestly that there have been several highs and lows. I still absolutely l...

Six years ago, I started praying for my best friend to move to Germany. Five years ago, he moved to Germany - literally the week I moved to New Zealand. Then...

Last year I wrote a post about how I was living in an apparent utopia, and I drew some comparisons to LeGuin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omela...

I had a rough week. It feels like a month has passed since this morning and a year since last Sunday. I'm allowed to say that because I have an incredible su...

We have a few beautiful traditions during the opening ceremonies at BFA, and I love being a part of the staff procession before the seniors have the more mem...

I've had a full year of a sabbatical where I was able to volunteer my time and step into different roles that still allowed me a lot of space to rest and ren...

Thank you so much for everyone who prayed for me to sleep last week. And extra thanks to those who sent a couple helpful suggestions to keep from melting and...

I'm not sure if Michael Horton and David Platt are friends, but I love both of their respective books, Ordinary and Radical, as they teach different valuable...

Last Sunday I was in the air most of the day, so I chose to wait to give a full report of my last week out of Germany and my first week back. After Jorie lef...

I was going to post my annual playlist this week, but the awesome adventures call for a more exciting update. You see, tonight I went to a Hillsong church wi...

I mentioned in my last post that Matt and Jacqui had given me a beautiful gift basket filled with loads of thoughtful gifts representing different elements o...