Living the Khmer language
I live in a wooden, stilted house with a family of four in a small seaside village of Cham Muslims,...
Weather in Goshen is a gift from God
Coming from Mauritania, where the temperature regularly soars over 100 degrees, I have been paying a lot of attention to...
Paying for a wedding when you’re broke
If coordinating one of the most memorable days of my life is not stressful enough, I am doing so with...
Corrected false assumptions: Cambodia SST edition
I do two things very well: exaggerate and assume. My Cambodian Study-Service Term has not been spared from either bad...
Don’t sacrifice fiction for the Constitution
If there is one confession that I would rather not openly admit at any point in my life, it’s that,...
Domestic SST alternatives deserve respect
Last semester I finished my Study-Service Term credits. I didn’t travel to Peru or Morocco, though. I took the remainder...
On living with monks and appreciating the small things
I am currently living with Buddhist monks at a wat called Prevehir Thom, located in Ba Phnum, a small town...
Remembering Millicent Morros
The students of the Organizational Leadership degree completion program in Tim Prinsen’s Ethics class remember their friend Millicent Morros, who...
Making transitions in Cambodia
Studying in Goshen is the closest I have ever been to living a city life. Now, for the past six...
The suite life of a Resident Assistant
Remember those first couple weeks of your freshman year of college? The get-to-know-you events, the ice cream socials, the random...
First-years reflect on the iCore Initiative
It’s too early to make a definitive statement about the iPad initiative, but at this stage in the process I...
Let’s tear down the Menno-Wall
Last week at convocation, I introduced the idea of the “Menno-Wall.” For those who weren’t there, the Menno-Wall is an...
Shouting to God from Cambodia
Here in Phnom Penh, I have the uncommon experience of living with a Christian family. My “parents” (they’re in their...
Finding meaning in shalom
This past weekend I attended the Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference hosted by Bluffton University. This conference invites students from Christian...
Lapp reflects on names, professionalism
When considering the issue of how we address professors at Goshen College, I hope we can share some basic agreements....
