How to Be, Not Do, in Fascinating El Salvador
I woke early to the singular sweet clarion call of a tropical bird. Soon the morning doves filled in with their baseline organ drones and countless high-pitched chirps filled in…
A Terrific Way To Welcome Immigrants Video
Are you frustrated with the current administration’s efforts to make immigrants feel afraid and unwanted? Do you wish there was a way to assert the traditional American value of welcoming…
How to Protect Positive Muslim Christian Relationships
A Three-Part Video Series: Part Three With growing racial and religious strife in the US, the religious tolerance of Sierra Leone offers hope we can change. Part three of this video…
What You Need to Know About Shared Muslim and Christian Values
How to Build Positive Muslim Christian Relationships Three-Part Video Series: Part Two In a time when the current administration is telling Muslim members of Congress to go back to their…
How to Promote Strong Muslim Christian Relationships
A Three-Part Video Series: Part One With the arrival of another major holiday—this time, Eid al-Fitr, the feast that breaks the Ramadan fast—I feel uneasy. Gatherings for major religious holidays…
How to Make a Delicious African Peanut Stew
I was resting in my bunk when the enticing aroma of African Peanut Stew compelled me to the kitchen of the Methodist Guest House in Bo, Sierra Leone. Who can…
The War Time Trauma of a Lost Limb
An eerie photo essay of artificial limbs created during the Afghan war brought back memories of the artificial limbs I saw in Sierra Leone. The “How Afghans Have Adapted to…
How to Make Delicious Guatemalan Chicken Pepian
The Modern Church Lady relives her travels to Guatemala by recreating a delicious Chicken Pepian dish. Along with remembering all the inspiring people I met on a recent pilgrimage to…
The Holocaust-Human Ingenuity Under Horrific Circumstances
During a recent visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., an ordinary object in this museum of extraordinary horrors wormed its way into my mind. Under the artfully…
How to Keep Guatemalan Women Off the Migrant Caravan
The Modern-Day Church Lady recounts an inspiring economic solution she witnessed on a recent trip to Guatemala that helps women thrive in the countryside. The vehemently negative comments I get…
