Thanksgiving in a Foreign Country: What I Learned From Celebrating Abroad
My classmates and I were homesick. We were spending our fall semester in London, and for most of us, it was our first Thanksgiving away…
A Small Spiritual Space: How to Set up a Home Altar That Works for You
Last year, my toddler started wanting to go to church every day after daycare. I loved that he wanted to spend time at church outside…
Management in the Mountains: What a Camp Job Taught Me About Leadership
In my early 20s, I spent three summers working my very first management-level job at my local council Boy Scout camp in the Sierra Nevada…
Lenten Reads: 5 Books to Examine Your Faith
A good book challenges and inspires me. Earlier this year, I read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, which has made me…
How Quitting the Peace Corps Taught Me to Serve My Community
I knew I wanted to join the Peace Corps ever since I was a kid. I loved to travel, I studied Spanish in school from…
6 Diverse Voices to Add to Your Reading List
I love to read, and I used to think I had a diverse taste in books. But, in December 2016, while giving out recommendations, I…
Gift Ideas for Someone Who Doesn’t Want More “Stuff”
For the past few years, I’ve been on a mission to get rid of knick-knacks and tchotchkes, things I don’t use anymore, things I have…
6 Underrated Literary Heroines to Fall in Love With
Hermione Granger. Katniss Everdeen. Nancy Drew. Scout Finch. The book world is full of strong, smart, and spunky heroines who we fall in love with.…
Six Instagram Accounts to Brighten Your Feed and Boost Your Mood
I joined Instagram later than most of my peers. Building a social media account from scratch as an adult gave me an opportunity to carefully…