by jo | Apr 5, 2013 | Everyday Stories, Published Pieces
North State Voices: When it comes, everything changes By Joanna O’Hanlonchicoer.com Posted: 01/24/2013 12:03:31 AM PST Sometimes it comes in a phone call. Sometimes it comes with a knock at the door. Sometimes a doctor delivers it. Sometimes it assaults us. But...
by jo | Jan 1, 2013 | Everyday Stories
Dear 2013, Tell me: What will you bring me this year? Will you bring more disasters? More economic and political tensions? More hunger and thirst, not for righteousness, but for basic necessities? Will you bring peace? New leaders, new followers, new systems? Will you...
by jo | Nov 30, 2011 | Everyday Stories
WEDNESDAY — HOPE DAILY PSALM Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death. Psalm 13:3 CONNECTION THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ADVENT WREATH1 The circle of the Advent wreath is an endless loop and reminds us of the eternal and...
by jo | Aug 7, 2011 | Everyday Stories
Haiti trip account part 3: Tuesday Tuesday was our first full day in Plaine Mapou, and also our first day of work. We began work at 5:30am, and we were divided into three teams: roofing, painting, and making benches. I was on the bench crew — cutting boards,...
by jo | Jul 25, 2011 | Everyday Stories
Haiti trip account part 2: Day 2: Monday We left from the college early in the morning and drove through more urban area on our way to the dock where we needed to catch to ferry. The scene was overwhelmingly crowded with people: people on the side of the road walking,...
by jo | Feb 28, 2011 | Everyday Stories
Opinion Piece Published Feb. 28, 2011 Controversial Language. Biblical Message. Students’ eyes were forward, heads were up and ears were pricked as Mary Karr started speaking in chapel on Wednesday. She had us hooked from the moment she started talking about the...