| Essays,
Stories, and Reflections
The
Thing About Tarantulas Is...
by Lindsey Strauch
Reflections from the first days of an
Apprentice in Haiti.
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Where
Hope Hides
by David Diggs
A story of danger and fortune.
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Out
of the Compound
by
David Diggs
A story about stepping out of our comfort
zone.
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Security
without Walls
by
Shelly Satran
Where do we find our security
in a dangerous world?
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Is
There Room?
by
David Diggs
"When Antoinette appeared at our
gate I knew things weren’t good.
Her right eye was black and nearly swollen
shut and her lower lip was deeply split."
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Emptied
for Love
by
Kent Annan
"I want a Burger King bacon double
cheeseburger. I want U2’s “Achtung
Baby” blasting at the eardrum-bursting
limit. I want to drive—fast as I
want, no potholes, windows down, turning
where I please..."
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Pregnant
Woman Dies at Hospital Gate
A letter from
David Diggs
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Preemptive Love and Regime Change of the
Heart
Reflections
on the Gospel, the Classroom, & the
Latest War, by David Diggs
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Christmas
Bells, Wooden Bells
by
David Diggs
I was astonished by the sight of
this lean, Caribbean Santa, so it took
me a few seconds to figure out why he
was walking around the store ringing a
bell.
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Seeing
Lazarus by
David Diggs
"As
I stood on the corner at an intersection
waiting for a break in the traffic, I
felt a sharp poke in my backside."
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My
Name is Little Baby by
Alina Cajuste with Bev Bell
"I asked my aunt,
'Am I a human being? Then why did you
let me undergo so much misery and live
with a person who tortured me?'
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Loving
the Terrorists by
David Diggs
"I consider myself
a Christian, but what happened on September
11 has made it feel almost impossible
to follow Jesus."
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Dear Fellow Passengers by
Jeff Rogers
"Like most evenings I was standing
with a group of Haitians on a busy street
corner waiting for the next tap-tap to
take me up the mountain and back home.
At about 6:30 an empty tap-tap pulled
up, and suddenly the crowd surged forward..."
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We See from Where We Stand
by David Diggs
"When I was new to Haiti, half of
what I saw made no sense, and the most
important things I couldn’t see at
all."
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Food
for Thought by
Coleen Hedglin
"A Haitian proverb states, Bondye
bay, men li pa konn separe, meaning,
“God gives, but he doesn’t divide
it up.” The job of distributing his
gifts seems to be left up to us, the proverb
suggests."
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Two
Ways to the Top by
David Diggs
"When I was a kid, I used to love
playing King of the Hill with my cousins.
Rex, my oldest cousin, usually ruled the
hill unless we formed an alliance against
him. Of course, the instant he was down
our alliance crumbled, and it was every
boy for himself. Those were the rules—only
one can be king."
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