by Conor Sweetman | Mar 9, 2022 | Contemplation, Featured
n 2018, my husband and I baptized our 17-year-old son in the Red Sea at a dusty beach off the coast of Djibouti. One hundred meters behind us was the International Airport of Djibouti and the security fences of Camp Lemonnier, the American military base. On that...
by Conor Sweetman | Mar 9, 2022 | Contemplation, Featured
e’d been on the mission field only six months, and we were already experiencing every missionary’s dream story: a Muslim convert. We participated in his baptism, guided his discipleship, and supported him through persecution. We had so much to write home about....
by Conor Sweetman | Mar 9, 2022 | Contemplation, Featured
eep breaths, Beth.” I repeated the words as I stood above the hospital bed. “Deep breaths.” I had met Joseph Ndekezi 12 years earlier when my life had already profoundly changed. Experiences of trauma in my own life, as well as my PhD in Psychology, had led me to...
by Conor Sweetman | Jun 13, 2022 | Contemplation
n la noche sin luna del desierto a las afueras del pueblo chileno de San Pedro de Atacama, los ocho salimos con dificultad del auto, emocionados. De día, el Valle de la Luna exhibe un paisaje árido, como si fuera de otro mundo, y formaciones rocosas en un...
by Conor Sweetman | Dec 8, 2021 | Contemplation, Featured
Read this Essay in SpanishLee este ensayo en español nto the moonless night of the desert outside the Chilean town of San Pedro de Atacama, our party of eight excitedly clambered out of the car. In the daytime, Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) exhibits barren,...
by Conor Sweetman | Jul 29, 2022 | Contemplation
umin. Cannelle. Cardamome. Curry. Coriandre. Toutes sortes de couleurs et de senteurs enveloppaient chaque ami qui passait la porte d’entrée de notre maison américaine, offrant bien plus qu’un repas à partager. Nous avions invité chacun d’entre eux pour faire...
