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• Gems from RVR – #FIGT16NL

  

  When I met Ruth Van Reken last year at the Families in Global Transition conference, I texted my husband and said “Just met RVR!! She HUGGED me. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Four C’s of Crisis Care

  

  [Photo Credit – Godfuel.org] With many thanks to Melissa Dalton-Bradford When you first meet Melissa Dalton-Bradford, one of your first thoughts is “She is the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Podcast -On Refugees, Fear, and Politics

  Good morning!After an incredible weekend with my people at Families in Global Transition, I am sending you to a podcast that Anita Lustrea did with me last week. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Surprised by Spring

  

  My heart’s been in a bit of a dither. I’ve had a strange week.Last Friday afternoon was a tad unsettling. I was a part of a conversation that misfired. We... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Donald Trump, Walt Kowalski and Hope for Transformation

  What happens when a bitter racist is transformed?In the movie Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood) is a bitter old man living out his years in ... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• International Women’s Day 2016 – Bringing All Voices to the Table

  

  “What, Sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.”Mark TwainEvery year I write about International... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parenting and the Power of Place

  

  “It was the landscape, in other words, of unfiltered experience, of things felt rather than thought through, of the world in its beauty absorbed before it is... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love Where I Live-Part IV

  

  I don’t know about you, but I’ve loved this glimpse into the lives of my “neighbours” who live scattered around the globe. I’ve loved hearing the things they... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love Where I Live-Part III

  

  One of my friends from years ago—a friend who grew up in France and now lives in Canada—recently wrote on her facebook wall: I may not have gone where I intende... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love Where I live-Part II

  

  I know this brilliant woman, Alisha Paddock, who is working on her doctorate on the intriguing subject of sacred space. As part of her research she’s been... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sharmeen Obaid and the Power of Story

  

  Watching the Oscars has long been a tradition in our family. When our kids were younger, an Oscar party was a yearly event. We would literally roll out a red... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Your Heart Finds a Home

  

  Jonny and Yasmin got married on a beautiful day in New Plymouth, New Zealand. While hints of rain threatened in the morning, the afternoon was clear and sunny.... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love Where I Live-Part I

  

  Sometimes I remember other places where I used to live and I sigh with nostalgia. When you’ve been everywhere it’s hard to settle somewhere. I regularly battle... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Traveling While White

  I arrive in Auckland, New Zealand at six in the morning, bleary-eyed with little sweaters on my teeth. It’s been a long flight from San Francisco.   I am tired... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Lonely Birthday

  My friend Jonathan wrote this beautiful piece today. I hope it resonates. “For the time being, I am time’s subject. Moving at its pace, regardless. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little Humour–A Big Diffuser*

  

  *Reader be warned: This post includes inadvertently inappropriate language. Reader’s Digest marketed the old expression, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Lonely Planet

  I’m sitting at Gate 97 in the International Terminal of San Francisco’s International Airport. It’s evening and weary travelers are staking their claim to... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kids Books Without Borders – A Guest Post

  

  Kids Books Without Borders by Gail O’ConnorJourney back with me to a city in France, in the late 60s, as I revisit my childhood as a third culture kid… :As the... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Should-less Living

  

  Today I will not should on myself.”– Mary Michael O’ShaughnessyThis past week I’ve had several conversations with people in all kinds of contexts where I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Build a Bridge

  

  There is an art to building bridges. In an old book titled Observations on the Re-building of London Bridge by John Seaward, he says this:It is generally... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION