The Uplift: Faith, Hope & Music

“Asante” (thank you in Swahili) and “karibu” (you’re welcome) were among the first words we learned on a recent trip to Tanzania. We also learned the saying “pole, pole,” meaning “slowly, slowly” or “take it easy.” For some reason, I seemed to hear it several times a day!

It was a gentle reminder for me to take my time, relax, and not rush the process. It’s a way of l...

“Asante” (thank you in Swahili) and “karibu” (you’re welcome) were among the first words we learned on a recent trip to Tanzania. We also learned the saying “pole, pole,” meaning “slowly, slowly” or “take it easy.” For some reason, I seemed to hear it several times a day!

It was a gentle reminder for me to take my time, relax, and not rush the process. It’s a way of l...

In the office of a family therapist we attended over a decade ago, there was a small wall hanging that I somehow remember, or more to the point, never forgot: it was a single, crooked flower- spindly, fragile, and at the same time determined-looking, straining upward with these words: “Grow where you’re planted.”

In this otherwise secular psychologist’s office, this s...

In the office of a family therapist we attended over a decade ago, there was a small wall hanging that I somehow remember, or more to the point, never forgot: it was a single, crooked flower- spindly, fragile, and at the same time determined-looking, straining upward with these words: “Grow where you’re planted.”

In this otherwise secular psychologist’s office, this s...