Wounded Healer [a poem]
Posted On September 2, 2023
You know me and you love meeven in the darkness of my fear,you are close and you are callingeven in my wretched gut-despair,you know me… Read More →
Living in a “Where’s Waldo?” book
Posted On August 9, 2023
by Barbara Stankowski (Manila/Switzerland) For five years, we were part of the Servants Manila team and lived in Barangay Holy Spirit. This June, we returned… Read More →
No Sparrow Falls [a poem]
Posted On August 5, 2023
No sparrow falls,nor molecule decayswithout you reaching out your hand.No tear cascades,no memory aches, or fadeswithout you conscious of it allNo last breath is drawn,no… Read More →
My Words Fall in the Gap [a poem]
Posted On July 1, 2023
My words, they fall in the gapbetween your heart and minethey slip through the holebetween the kingdom that isand the kingdom that comes,they fall like… Read More →
Beyond the Broken [a poem]
Posted On May 6, 2023
I must admit I am afraid to love youbecause you are broken. I refuse to see you there in the street,lying in the stench of… Read More →
Musings on Generosity
Posted On April 25, 2023
“Yahaa koi sunwahi nahi ho rahi. Please, tumhe aana hoga” (Nobody is listening here. Please, you’ve got to come) It was an important decision. Aliya*,… Read More →
Ella* Reflects
Posted On April 13, 2023
(Klik disini untuk baca dalam Bahasa Indonesia) It has been nine months since I started my internship here, and there are many things that I am… Read More →
Words Can Be Walls [a poem]
Posted On April 1, 2023
A party, loud music, a few drinks, and a superficial conversation with a dear friend. Yet in both of us there’s this longing to connect… Read More →
Poised Between Two Choices [a poem]
Posted On March 4, 2023
here I standladen with your giftsfor you have given meevery good and needful thingthat I might live for you. here I standthe world beneath my… Read More →