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• A Fit Bit (On Belonging; Not on Electronic Step Tracking!)

  One day, on our recent working trip to Spain, we were sitting around after an intense day. Lowell and I had been teaching a small-assorted group on leadership... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ready to Face the Day

  

  It's early morning in Cambridge. Light is beginning to creep into the living room where I sit, coffee beside me and Bible on my lap. Outside the window, spring... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beware: the Language of Heaven is Hell for the Passenger

  While living in the Middle East, we would often quote Islamic scholars and proclaim that we were “learning the language that we’ll all speak in Heaven.” We... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “She Shouldn’t Have Worn White” a Repost

  

  “My mom says she shouldn’t have worn white”. I looked at my friend perplexed. I was 16 and had never heard the phrase. She was referring to the western Christia... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Primer in Parenting–Part 3

  Part three: Don’t burn your Bridges – A Home to Come Back To This is the final segment in a three part series Robynn has called, The Spelling Bee. “Lowell and... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harry Potter as TCK Lit

  

  In July of 2014, two of my kids challenged me to read the entire Harry Potter series. Although we were first in line to get the books through the years and my... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Go and Do Likewise”

  

  Almost every week I see some sort of announcement on social media about an event that speaks to Christians responding to Islam. Generally, these announcements... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Faith Roots Go Deep

  

  I sit in church, watching as children file slowly up to the front of the sanctuary. It is Easter Sunday in my parents church and the children are playing in a... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Primer in Parenting–Part 2

  

  Part two: Bible Trivia. Shmible Shnivia. Robynn continues unpacking the list she and Lowell have followed as they’ve attempted to raise their children in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – It Doesn’t Get Easier

  

  Will you join me today at A Life Overseas as I talk about poverty? ******From my spot across the room, I heard an older woman talking to a young intern.“It... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Frozen Sadness of Ambiguous Loss

  

  When my parents first went to Pakistan, they traveled by boat. They would embark on the journey at New York Harbor, heading to the balcony of the ship so that... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Defying the Definition of Beauty

  

  I see her when I go to get coffee on a rainy afternoon. In a busy, city coffee shop, you see a lot of things. Black suited business people, musicians, law... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Spelling Bee–A Primer in Parenting

  Over the past several weeks I’ve met several moms that are, by their own admission, floundering. They love their children but they experience moments of great... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Language of Transition

  

  “I do want to make sure we have a language for transition and crossing cultures and homesickness and living in a state of between-ness. I did not have that... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winners for Meditations Coloring Book!

  

  Last week I announced a giveaway on Communicating Across Boundaries. The giveaway was for a beautiful coloring book, hand-drawn by the talented Lorien Atwood.... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Moment Between Worlds

  

  I’m sitting in a Pakistani Restaurant in Los Angeles, just two miles from the airport – because that’s what we do when we are global nomads. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Good News on a Good Friday

  

  —For those who Celebrate Good Friday and for those who don’t! Newly arrived humans lived simply and they related to God personally. He would show up at their... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Wouldn’t Give It up for a Moment!”

  

  ….and other things we wouldn’t give up! [With thanks to Michele Phoenix.]I love playing the game “Two truths and a lie.”  It’s a get-to-know-you game, designed... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Will Not Let You Go Unless You Bless Me!”

  

  There are sometimes few words to describe spiritual struggles. The words seem trite and small compared to how real the struggle feels. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter & Me

  

  Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter Me—A Book I recommend by Lorilee Craker wherein she explores what it means to be Orphaned and what it means to Belong. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION