A Prayer for John Charging Whirlwind
The clouds clawed their way through a metallic sky as I pushed west from Sioux Falls, advancing deeper into the Great Plains of South Dakota. The post A Prayer for John Charging Whirlwind appeared...
View ArticleStarting from Scratch in South Dakota
It wasn’t until I visited the western reaches of South Dakota that I fully understood the spiritual often requires starting from scratch. The post Starting from Scratch in South Dakota appeared first...
View ArticleWhat Price Independence?
The Fourth of July dawns stiflingly hot, beginning the way most of my mornings on the rez do: it's South Dakota and I'm asking, "What Price Independence?" The post What Price Independence? appeared...
View ArticleA Treacherous World of Continual Dissolving
I toss my L.L. Bean duffle bag into the backend of the car as I prepare to leave Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I fumble for the door handle on the old Ford Bronco in the hazy dark, the sunlight still...
View ArticleIn Alaska, You’re Just Another Link in the Food Chain
by Saxon Henry I’m a closet Weather-Channel addict. There, I confessed! No more secrets from readers (well, maybe just a few still)! I usually have the low hum of the station on while I’m journaling in...
View ArticleThe Hazards of Being Smug
Today’s entries for my Pillow Book spring from exchanges I had with an extraordinary Native American triumvirate during visits to the Sioux reservations in South Dakota. You can read more about my...
View ArticleSnapshot of Alaska: The Need to Know is a Hunger
by Saxon Henry I left sanity behind and returned to Alaska. The two-week stint in Hughes would remain one of the most poignant mission-field trips I would ever take. It would also be my last. I had...
View ArticleIn Alakshak, Hearts Stabbed by Grace
by Saxon Henry My life was about to change more dramatically than it had in 13 years as commitments dissolved one by one, including my obligations to the mission field. It was my last day in Hughes,...
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