by Emily | Apr 20, 2024 | Freedom, Love, Serving
Traveling to Chile I was excited about going to Chile, the country where I was born and lived the first eight years of my life. My last visit was after the massive earthquake in 2010. My focus then was providing psychological first aid in a town that had literally...
by Emily | Nov 30, 2023 | El Camino de Santiago: A Devotional, Freedom, Glory, James, Kingdom of Heaven
We’ve reached the end of James’ epistle, which extended past our walk to St. James’ Cathedral. The two journeys have complemented each other, El Camino offering examples and nuggets of insight. But both seemed to end rather abruptly. James didn’t have any final...
by Emily | Nov 25, 2023 | Anxiety, El Camino de Santiago: A Devotional, Freedom, James, Serving
Devotional Day 25 Come now, you who say, “Today we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while and...
by Emily | Apr 4, 2021 | Freedom, Glory, Kingdom of Heaven
by Emily | Apr 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Freedom, Pain, Prayer, Trauma
Recently, my husband and I took a hike near Joshua Tree National Park, intentionally staying away from the popular trails to make “social distancing” easier. Indeed, we encountered no one else along the way, and felt safe from any COVID-19 contamination. The downside... by Emily | Mar 21, 2020 | Anxiety, Freedom, Love, Pain, Prayer, Trauma
Over the last two months our perception of COVID-19 has been constantly changing, and with it, our internal and external reactions. When mostly isolated in China, it was something foreign, distant, and therefore not very threatening. But as its territory gradually...
