Consensus group method
Research can be simple and doable, and even fairly cheap. How come? Consensus group method, invented by Dennis List (READ HERE), is a way to… Read More »Consensus group method
Culture Learning
The Power of Lament
Lament is loving our neighbors with our tears.
~Lamma Mansour~
Lament as an Offering
As I sat quietly listening to Filipe’s heartbreaking story of the brutal attack that left him paralyzed from the neck down, tears streamed down my cheeks. The video crew, along with Filipe and his wife, passed around a single role of toilet paper as we each tore a piece to blot away tears. Our small crew borrowed an office on the outskirts of Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi to record powerful stories of transformation and healing from trauma that many in the camp had been experiencing.
Comprehending the Interpreter
A Holy Precedence When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a… Read More »Comprehending the Interpreter
Mutuality: Breaking Bread Together
…I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink… Whenever you did one of these things to someone… Read More »Mutuality: Breaking Bread Together
My Meatpacking Home
“In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.” (Isaiah 2:2)
Hometown Diversity
“Miss, I forgot my house key. And my sister won’t be home from work until after midnight.” We scrambled to figure out a plan to get this Somali teen home safely from tutoring. My husband, Steve, decided to swing by the meatpacking plant on his way to taking kids home, to see if our young friend could acquire a house key from her sister on her work break.
Steve and three teens from three distinct ethnolinguistic groups sat together in the parking lot of our local meatpacking plant and waited. Each of those kids had a family member in the plant. Their families had relocated to Greeley, Colorado because the meatpacking plant would offer them employment–ASAP. They didn’t need to speak English or be literate to start supporting their families as they resettled after various long and difficult refugee journeys.