Written by Tami Sulistyo July 31, 2020 Blue sky. Temperature just right. Sun shining. Almost no wind. We had planned to go on an adventure with our son and his girlfriend the next day. But the weather forecast predicted storms and rain the coming two days. And today was perfect. I roused our teenager, who…

A Facebook friend shared this simple but very valuable story on his page. With his permission I want to share the same story so that many more people can read and learn from it. I hope it is of use to you. 1. A friend asked a person: “How much is your salary working in…

By Tami Sulistyo July 4th, 2020 Independence day in the USA. Feels and acts very different than it ever has before. So much to be concerned about in the United States and across the world this year. It doesn’t seem we have much to be festive about at the moment. Celebration has been replaced by…

Written by Andrew Singer June 30, 2020 Last Saturday (6/27/2020), we traveled from the famous sandbar we live on known as Cape Cod to Asia. I needed to be at work on Monday, so it had to be a day trip. At 8:00 a.m. on a day that threatened rain, we backed out of the…

Written by Anne Spicer June 27, 2020 A few years ago, I found a lump in my breast and scheduled a mammogram.  I arrived a bit early for my appointment and decided to catch up on my Christian devotional reading.  The reading started with the statement “Faith does not grow in comfortable circumstances”.  Well, that…

Written by Tami Sulistyo June 12, 2020 The pandemic has incentivized me. I have created a new habit. One that I always thought was a good idea but had never put in real thought, time and effort to make happen. It was just one of those far off things that I knew would be good…

Written by Ingrid Sulistyo June 12, 2020 This semester I was studying abroad in Montpellier, the south of France for a semester. I chose France because there is a program with a community internship focusing on youth development and psychology, in line with my interest in the area of trauma and resilience. Unfortunately, due to…

Written by Api Sulistyo June 11, 2020 On Monday afternoon I was in the kitchen getting ready to cook for dinner. I was excited to try something new, Sweet and Sour Chicken, that I have learned from YouTube. Suddenly I heard my daughter Ingrid sharing about her first day of her summer job with her…

Written by Api Sulistyo June 8, 2020 It was Saturday morning (June 6, 2020) at 8:26am when my phone rang. I picked up my phone and I identified the caller. It was my sister, Rini, in Central Java, Indonesia. It was bad news but she was not able to complete her sentence to give me…

Written by Andrew Singer June 8, 2020 Author Note: These words were written in late 2018 and early 2019 as the handscroll of life was unrolled further to pass from one chapter to the next. As is true with scrolls, so is true with life, what is to come is a turn away. This is…