Excellent & Cheap

repose, transpose

Something like a poem, about how God sits with me in grief and confusion, transposing truer and better thoughts over mine

PersonalEmily SackmannNovember 2, 2022faith, prayer, failure, loss, death, hope, understanding Comment

A Christian and a Jehovah’s Witness walk into a bar…

PersonalEmily SackmannJuly 1, 2022belonging, jehovah's witness, salvation by grace, bar, christian, theology Comments

Longing for Home —Dwelling Securely in the Midst of Wandering

I wondered, “What if we are like kites..... we can fly in the breeze, every which way. But no matter where the wind blows us, our string is tied tightly to something?

Personal, WanderingEmily SackmannJanuary 17, 2020home, wandering, wondering Comment

I do [wanna come to your wedding]

I invite myself to weddings. It's a character flaw of mine.

PersonalEmily SackmannOctober 17, 2019wedding, personal, PersonalComment

Humble Offerings

Sharing Ordinary Gifts in Audacious Faith

PersonalEmily SackmannAugust 30, 2019Travel, blog, humble, God, religiousComment

They Get You: The Simple and Powerful Magic Behind Child Sponsorship Programs

These across-the-world friendships are the most special pen-pal relationship I know.

PersonalEmily SackmannAugust 21, 2019sponsorship, children, personalComment

When you're casually dying

There's a mark on the back of my right calf that won't quite fade--- a satiny, crooked-edged indent in the flesh.

PersonalEmily SackmannAugust 15, 2019Personal, Dog bite, rabies Comments

When you're vehemently living

The evening that our plane touched down on Haitian soil, in the close quarters of the guest house that we were to share, I was overtaken by a forceful fever, and an inconsolably upset stomach.

PersonalEmily SackmannAugust 15, 2019vehemently, living, life, scriptureComment

How did you end up here?

I am often asked this question, and I answer it according to my mood…

PersonalEmily SackmannJuly 2, 2019Personal, Travel Comments

Why Excellent and Cheap?

Excellent & Cheap is meant to be a water-cooler type of place that I hope will refresh your servant’s soul. A place of stories, comedies, and anecdotes from my own labors - to hopefully remind you that the work we do as hospitality and service workers -- people who serve people-- is Unsurmisably Valuable.

PersonalEmily SackmannJune 27, 2019personal Comment