How to Expand Your Horizons Through Asylee Friendships
In reconnecting with an asylee friend on a recent trip to Washington D.C., the modern church lady reflects on how her friendships with asylees have enriched her life. Mahmoud is…
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…
Postcard: Hope in the Dark-Glorious Advent by Candlelight
A room lit by candlelight, a long table overflowing with sweet and savory snacks, celestial music and 90 church ladies engaged in lively conversation. What better way to begin the…
3 Reasons The Migrant Caravan Is Marching To The United States
Angered by the President’s gross mischaracterizations of the migrant caravan, the Modern-Day Church Lady sets the record straight about why people leave Central America based on her recent travels to…
The True Character of the People on the Migrant Caravan
While tear gas is lobbed over boarder walls at innocent women and children in the migrant caravan traveling from Central America, the Modern-Day Church Lady meets a young immigrant from…
5 Good Reasons To Host An Asylee In Your Home
With the holidays coming fast and furious, the Modern-Day Church Lady offers 5 reasons to host asylees (people who have been granted asylum) in your home, for the holidays or…
World Toilet Day, The Funny Punchline That Is Not
November 19th is World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day sounds like a funny punchline. That is, unless you have seen a beautiful 5-year-old African School Girl dressed in a crisp blue…
The Hopes and Fears of Living in a Black Swan World
As the church lady steels herself for the results of the mid-term elections, she is both wary of and hopeful for the unpredictable black swan moments that might emerge from…
Precious Gift from a Wonderful African Homecoming
Returning to Sierra Leone to check on the progress of a school the Morrow Church team helped fund, the Modern-Day Church Lady received something more precious in return. The children…
