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Category Archives: Lutheran

Shades of Brown and Dust

Thursday, March 26, 2015

JUAREZ, MEXICO and EL PASO, TEXAS–On each of my trips over the last few years I have used the iPhone (first the 5 and now the 5S) as a companion to whatever cameras I am working with. The iPhone has, essentially, taken the place of a point and shoot in my gear lineup and is […]

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Going Home

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

EL PASO — My last night in El Paso. A dog barks forlornly, continuously, into the night. I am tempted to go outside and bark back, to let him know he is not alone. I hear the dog and the whispering howl of cars passing down Interstate 10. I am looking towards a white stucco wall, […]

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Centro Santa Catalina

Thursday, February 12, 2015

JUAREZ — South of the city the trash fires burn, sending a rolling plume of black smoke towards the sky. The Centro Santa Catalina is a compound in a very poor neighborhood that encloses several buildings including a church, a school and the workshop. In the organization’s words, “We are a faith based community founded […]

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Crossing and Moving

Thursday, February 12, 2015

EL PASO–About a year ago, give or take a week or three, I was in San Salvador and had just found out my wife had been offered a job with the Foreign Service. This meant that the month after my return from Central America would be a blur of moving, packing and goodbyes ending with a […]

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