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Mu Kappa: a taste of Heaven

By: katelynskyebennett 2015-07-292015-11-14

culture, faithBody of Christ, community, fufu, global church, Heaven, joy, laughter, Mu Kappa, overseas, prayer, TCK, third culture kids, welcoming, West Africa1 Comment

We sat around the pot of fufu, a handful of sisters. First we wet our fingers in our bowls of homemade peanut soup. Then, protected from sticky base we were about to share, we reached into the communal pot to tear off a piece of the doughy circle of boiled flour. Next we dipped the…

Why Today Is the Greatest Day of My Life: Celebrating Faith

Today is the anniversary of the most life-changing day I’ve lived, and I hope you’ll allow me to tell you about it. Gather around, dear friends. Make yourselves comfortable, and brace yourselves for my testimony. Fourteen years ago I was preparing to enter Kindergarten. I was a short, curly haired thing much like I am…

On Mr. Harris and Frail Bodies

By: katelynskyebennett 2014-03-232016-09-23

faith, peoplebody, death, faithfulness, Franklin Harris, God, grief, heart surgery, Heaven, Jesus, poetry, rejoicing, revival meetings, salvation, shellLeave a Comment

Whenever Mr. Franklin Harris snoozes at church, I wonder if the ninety-five year old man with whom I sit will awake again. He is a wonderful example of someone who loves Jesus, and he brims with wisdom. His body is frail, though. He recognizes his disability consisting of his inability to stand for long and…

Introduction, Part 2: Home

By: katelynskyebennett 2014-02-232014-03-09

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For seventeen years I was socialized in Connecticut, a small state in New England. More specifically, I lived twenty minutes from Yale University. That changed two months ago when my family moved to North Carolina. Although I know they followed God there and that He is already doing awesome things down there, the move shook…