Kami L. Rice: Freelance Writer

based in Nashville, Tennessee, but world-traveled, I'm a writer for all seasons. and time zones. and continents. and media formats. and subjects. and more. (just not for all languages. sorry, there must be limits somewhere)

My Byline Online January 16, 2012

Enjoy these lovely links to selected articles I’ve written that are available online:

  • Help that Heals (Prism Magazine, March/April 2011): When I landed in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, for a brief visit in late 2007 after a period of horrible fighting and massacres in the region, UN cargo planes were the only others parked on the tarmac. Blue-hatted soldiers lounged against their roadside tanks as we traveled from the airport to the missionary pilot’s home.  more
  • Modern Monasticism: Ancient Patterns for Living Become New (Interpreter Magazine, September/October 2010): When 89-year-old Helen Heath was hospitalized, 18 Congolese refugees, befriended by the New Day community of which she’s part, visited her and sang. “The only thing we spoke in common was to smile real big,” she says, “but it was a wonderful feeling to have them visit.” more
  • Vietnam: Unleaching Disciples (Outreach, September/October 2010): Before joining Northwood Church in Keller, Texas, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, both Jessica Jernigan and Vicky Scott had participated in mission trips with their previous churches. And both had a love for international travel. So it was no surprise when the two women were quick to attend informational sessions about Northwood’s ongoing work in Vietnam and upcoming trips to the developing Southeast Asian nation. more
  • Eat, Pray, Love a Pilgrimage? (The High Calling Blogs, 27 August 2010): Two years ago I finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling Eat, Pray, Love while settling into a cozy and only sometimes chilly (but never, alas, poetically leaky) London garret, my new abode-for-three-months. I wanted to love the book and had been the one to suggest it to my Nashville writing group for our last meeting before I jaunted off again. // Fairly freshly returned from four months of covering stories for magazines and mission organizations in five African countries and from a month of doing the same in Haiti, I thought my traveler-writer self would find much in common with Gilbert as I settled into some months of writing from London. // But I didn’t. Or at least not as much as I expected. more
  • Cindy Wunsch: A Self-Portrait (Nashville Arts Magazine, August 2010): In a paint-spattered studio in a garage behind a yellow Victorian Sylvan Park house is where you’ll most likely find Cindy Wunsch, busily doing what she does best: creating canvases full of whimsy, poetry, and emotion. Entering her world is like being pulled into a prism of color. It is impossible to be sad around her or her work. That’s not to say that she is frivolous or lightweight—far from it. Some of her themes dig deep, putting our sensitivities on overload. more
  • Women Who Lead the Way (CCCU Advance, Spring 2010): While CCCU schools have made progress in advancing women’s leadership, much opportunity still exists for improvement. more
  • Where’s the Nearest Fire Extinguisher? (We the ‘Bistro, 14 October 2009): This afternoon I rushed into the small film production office somewhat late even though the gig’s short hours are very flexible. Currently this particular gig involves mailing out daily orders (calling it “fulfillment” makes it sound more impressive), and the Fed-Ex man who dictates my afternoon deadline was due in about 15 minutes. “Sorry I’m late,” I explained as I stepped inside. “I was putting out fires.” “How do you have fires to put out? You’re a writer,” Ian, the production manager guy, quipped a little seriously. more
  • Zimbabwe economic crisis cripples mission station (United Methodist News Service, 10 January 2008 ): The sewage system is overloaded, buildings are decaying, electricity is unreliable, and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe makes operating two schools, a hospital, a children’s home and church nearly impossible. Yet Old Mutare Mission, a ministry of The United Methodist Church for 110 years, is determined to continue its ministry to the people of Zimbabwe, its leaders say. more
  • Moving Pictures (Prism, July/August 2008 ): With a cloudless sky enclosing the islands of East Africa’s Lake Victoria in its azure dome, it’s easy to forget, from the vantage of a colorful wooden fishing boat on the lake, that there is a “rest of the world.” Sam Tsapwe, however, never seems to struggle with remembering the rest of the world, whether he’s ministering to people on these remote Lake Victoria islands or to people in Sudan, Uganda’s northern neighbor, or to people in Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, where he lives. Standing 6 feet tall, Tsapwe is a solid man, both inside and out, and a dedicated servant of God. He is slow to speak and soft-spoken when he does, but he’s the kind of person one is willing to wait for and lean in to hear. more
  • I’ve uploaded additional articles here.

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Women Who Lead the Way (CCCU Advance, Spring 2010): While CCCU schools have made progress in advancing women’s leadership, much opportunity still exists for improvement. more

 

One Response to “My Byline Online”

  1. Heading East: Kami in India | The Emerging Scholars Blog Says:
    July 25, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    [...] professional students in Nashville, but she has extensive experience as a freelance writer with a large number of credits to her name. Kami is in the middle of a 4-week journey to India. She plans to connect with students [...]


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