There are videos that you can find on social media that show a new product from a view years ago – eyeglasses that give people who are colorblind the ability to see colors. The videos show people’s reactions when they put the glasses on for the first time. The anticipation and suspense for the viewer…
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Who wants to learn English? That’s a question I’ve asked many people here in Ecuador, and when I do, almost everyone raises their hand. It’s because, as I’m a native speaker, a lot of people think that finally there is someone to teach them English. But I have to explain to them that it’s not…
Back some years ago, I had a religious ed class with 6th graders. I drove an hour every Sunday morning across the city of Boston to make it. At the end of the year, we had are only exam. When the grades came back, I had an idea on how to end the year. So,…
Some years ago, I lived for a month in a new, small cement house in a poorer rural area in Ecuador. I had a bedroom, a small living room, a kitchen, a spare room, and a bathroom next to the house. To make it a home, I had a bed with a mosquito net, a…
Hello! I hope you are staying safe and well. This time of quarantine is full of new challenges, as well as opportunities. (Sometimes, it’s best lived not really doing much of anything!) In all of it, it’s a great opportunity to hear the voice of God, and to share what we hear. In that light,…
40. A big bottle of beer? Or, the age when I started to go grey? Here in Ecuador, 40 is a card game from Quito that most everyone knows how to play. I first learned it when I first came here, but always forget how to play. A week or so ago, I played again…
It’s not good to be without any cash during a pandemic lockdown. So, down to my last 20 dollars, I was looking for local help here in Ecuador to get access to the cash I had in my bank account. After a few electronic banking gymnastics, it came through, and someone from the pueblo here…
A few years ago while in an apartment in Boston, I woke up one morning and noticed something while I made my ritual walk down the stairs to the bathroom: while I had one hand on the banister helping my rickety legs move, my other hand was literally carrying my belly like a watermelon. It…
Jesus has risen! Well, 2000 years ago he rose from the dead. So, what does that have to do with us who are still in quarantine? What about us? How does our reality right now fit into that? The story of Jesus is also a story of his disciples. Jesus knows who he is and…
I read an article shared on the walls of a few Facebook friends by a good writer about what’s going to happen when society starts to open up again. I think it’s worth a read on its own. But in brief, it talks about the whole world being in a Great Pause, and the voices…
Someone I know shared a story some years back about his first daughter. Around 2 years old, she had picked up a tough bug and was having the worst diarrhea. He called it, super poop. At one point, she was standing up while they were trying to change her, when suddenly the super poop launched.…
A short video I’ve shared publicly on Facebook about the navigating this quarantine due to covid-19. It builds off my last post here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1i4v62djsU8AT6XM8
