What's News….
May 1 Return to US
May 16 Bus to Colorado Springs
May 19 CC Graduation
May 31 Jon's Graduation
June 22 Visit to Seattle
July 30 Return to Colorado
Aug 24 Nashotah Orientation
We are a young married couple on a long-term exploration of our vocation. In 2008, that journey took us to India. Beginning this fall, we will be studying at Nashotah House, an small Anglo-Catholic seminary in Wisconsin, where our lives will revolve around prayer, study, and work, in the classical Benedictine rhythm.
For information about us, our projects, past adventures, and the things we are interested in and involved in, use the links to the left. To read more about our life and vision now, use the links above. You can also skip directly to our blog.
Guest Room
We look forward to making hospitality something that we can offer during our time at Seminary, inviting others to cenobetically share with us for a few days in our life of prayer and study. Check back in mid- to late-August for more details.
Giving
As you feel called, we welcome contributions to our development and vision. Our community past, present, and future — people who are invested in us and in our mission — form a big part of the mechanism through which God supports and sustains us financially, as well as spiritually and emotionally. For more information, click here.
The purpose of this website is to
- Provide a place to process and codify our thoughts and experiences
- Share our thoughts, dreams, and adventures with our friends and family
- Help others get to know us and build connections around the world
- Invite feedback on our thoughts and plans
- Compile the very best of our work, thinking, and reflections into projects and publications
Read the Bible with us
Read the Bible with us through this Book of Common Prayer daily Lectionary Feed.
Recent Updates
The Next Chapter
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On Tuesday night, we put Lydia on her plane bound back for America, thus closing another chapter in our India venture. We will be spending the next several days in Delhi, resting, reflecting, and planning the next phase of our journey.
Pushkar And Respect
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Pushkar is a built on the shores of a sacred lake, an oasis in the Rajastani desert surrounded by a congress of sharp hills. Legend has it that the lake was created by Brahmin himself, who dropped a lotus petal to the earth to create the body of water. It is a very ancient site of pilgrimage; a single dip in its waters is said to be worth several hundred years of ascetic exercise.
Travels
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Sarah's friend Lydia is visiting us for the month of January. We have sketched out a loose itinerary; something that won't be hardcore tourism, but will also give Lydia a good swath of experience.
Self Understandings Of Missionary Work
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I’ve come across a beautiful treasure in the contemplation of one of our sticky issues—the meaning of missionary work. Theologian Raimon Panikka identifies five distinct self-understandings of the Christian mission, each particularly suited to its cultural and historical context.
A Personal Economy
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Sarah and I have had to learn a lot of hard lessons about how business gets done in India. The lessons we learned growing up about how wealth is to be used, how information travels, and how we relate to the world around us don’t always translate in this cultural context. While we are learning little by little, it is tough to work against the assumptions and strategies we’ve developed from living in America for most of our lives.
