This is ours. I am an immigrant and the daughter of immigrants. I was born in El Salvador and came to the United States when I was four years old. My parents made the difficult decision to leave our home because of the violence and uncertainty that surrounded the beginning of El Salvador’s civil war. …
I wrote this poem a few years ago as part of a work exercise, but it became much more than that. It’s the story of crossing borders into a country I deeply love and proudly call home, while also honoring the place where my journey began. It feels especially fitting to share it today as …
Discovering God’s Presence in Hard Places COVID took a toll on my body, physically and mentally. But perhaps most of all, it left me experiencing an emotional wilderness; a lonely, uncomfortable, isolated, frustrating, and confusing place. How can I experience God in this place? How can I enjoy His presence in the wilderness? To enjoy …
COVID fracturo mi cuerpo, física y mentalmente. Pero, sobre todo, me dejó experimentando un desierto emocional; momentos solitarios, incómodos, aislados, frustrantes y confusos. ¿Cómo puedo experimentar a Dios en ese lugar? ¿Cómo puedo disfrutar de Su presencia en el desierto? Disfrutar es deleitarse o gozar con algo o alguien. ¿Puedo deleitarme allí? En mi temprana fe, …
Desierto…Una palabra que nosuena positiva ni prometedora. Me imagino un lugar solitario,seco,oscuro,abandonadoy aislado. Escuché a alguien compartir su historiade estar en un desierto espiritual. Dándome el lenguaje a lo que estoy experimentando.Dios usó su historia para ayudarme a reconocerque he estado viviendo en undesierto desde hace un tiempo. Puedo señalar el comienzo demi desierto a …
𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨…A word that does notsound inviting. It doesn’t promise comfort or ease. When I hear it, I imagine a place that is… lonely,dry,heavy,forgotten,isolated. Not a place anyone would willingly choose. Recently, I listened to someone share about their own spiritual 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. As they spoke, I realized they were giving language to something I had been …
*Disclaimer: This is part of my story and experience. Everyone deals with LHC in different ways. I also do not want to take away from the pain and grief many are experiencing in this season. I just want to share my story in hopes it will serve someone else. How are you feeling now? It …
I have been in church since I was a child. I listened to the faith stories of the great leaders in the Bible. As I have grown in my faith, I have noticed that I identified with several of the men in the Bible and not as much with the women. One of the reasons …
He estado en la iglesia desde que era niña. Escuché las historias de fe de los grandes líderes en la Biblia. A medida que he crecido en mi fe, he notado que me he identificado con varios de los hombres en la Biblia y no con las mujeres. Una de las razones por las que …
Los recientes acontecimientos trágicos, injustos y racistas no son nuevos. Pero tal vez como padres o adultos se han enfrentado aún más con sus propios sentimientos. La dificultad de cómo explicar a sus hijos sobre el racismo o los prejuicios raciales. Los niños aprenden sobre los prejuicios raciales y el racismo desde una edad temprana. …
