It is a late planting season in Malawi. Normally, local subsistence farmers plant in early December. This year, however, sequential dry...

Over the last year, Christina and I have done several paint-by-numbers. It is an activity we can do together, it forces us to sit down,...

A man fell to his knees on the tarmac. As people filed off the plane and toward the terminal, he kneeled just a bit to the right of the...

My patient returned a folded paper to me. This was a safety plan, a contingency to help when thoughts of self-harm appeared. One month...

I drew in a deep breath as I considered my patient’s test results, wondering how I would explain them to her. These were the type of...

“You knit me together in my mother’s womb” I begin, reading from Psalm 139. “Munandiumba ndisanadwe ine,” Thoko reads from the Chichewa...

It’s dry, cold season in Malawi. Most families have harvested, dried, and stored their maize so it can sustain them in the months ahead....

“You know the difference between Christians and Muslims, right?” I looked over at my last patient of the day, and paused mid-step in the...

“Have you ever felt so dizzy that you can’t remember which way is up?” George, Nkhoma’s newly-certified clinical officer, stared at me...

New Year’s Eve found me asleep at the earliest hour I can remember; with everything going on in my mind and body, I even forgot that it...

Merry Christmas! We pray that everyone has been able to find a way to share this time with family and friends. Christina and I are...

Greg sat on our porch in the mid-afternoon, a pot of tea and generous bowl of sugar between him and the student. This student was in...

As Chisale, the Medical Ward charge nurse left my office, I look at the paper we have drafted together, and I realize what a year this...

It wasn’t easy for Greg to decide how to conclude his Systematic Theology class at JMTI. With a 3 month interruption from COVID-19 and...

Late into the night, we heard shouts, drums, fireworks, honking horns, and even a processional choir walking by praising God. The results...

As my office printer whirled out the 22 pages of our final grant application, Chifundo and I heaved sighs of relief. Then we prayed for...

These days, Greg and I enjoy daily ping pong rallies, ever since we received a table generously on loan from a friend. I love the...

There’s no Coronavirus in Malawi - at least not today. That might change by tomorrow. Or later tonight. We pray that it will not come at...

It happened so suddenly. One minute we drove in the middle of the road through puddles left from yesterday’s rain. The next thing we...

Patrick, Madhvi, and Lauren reported to me about their progress at Kasina Health Center. Malawian Family Medicine Resident, American...