Thinking back to the summer as I contemplated starting a year of service during a pandemic, my underlying feeling was fear. There were so many uncertainties and new challenges that I had never really tackled before. Not only were there…
As the pandemic continues to unfold nearly a year after reaching the United States, we all continue to feel burdened by COVID-19 in one way or another. Unfortunately, as in most situations, those on the margins of our society have…
So far my experience with Mercy Volunteer Corps in Pittsburgh has been a good one. My service site is with AJAPO (Acculturation for Justice, Access, and Peace Outreach), a refugee resettlement agency. I do enjoy the work and I feel…
When the hazardous air quality from September’s California fires forced my community to stay inside, we passed our time by playing games together. These moments were imaginative and surprisingly, spiritual. Take for example our unnamed game where we use tennis…
When I think of sources of light in my life, I think of the brightness of the sun on a summer’s day, I think of the flickering of a candle, I think of the dimness of a lamp at my…