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• Waking up on the Other Side of the World

  

  Last night my parents left for Istanbul. My niece, Sarah, drove them from Rochester, New York, to Toronto. There they embarked on a non-stop flight to... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Confessions of a Middle-Aged Faith

  

  I wrote this over four years ago, when only a few people read Communicating Across Boundaries. So I post it again – mostly because I needed to remember.By all... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Short Sunday Thoughts: On Politics and Facebook

  

  “Dialogue is best done in relationship, over breaking bread, over coffee.” From On Sharing Bedrooms and DialogueAs I think about the next year in the United... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Prayer and a Pakistani Childhood

  

  Before my family moved to Pakistan, prayer was relegated to the Sunday morning church service, the evening service and Wednesday night prayer meeting at McLaure... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – Freedom from the Silence of Shame

  

  I’m at A Life Overseas today, talking about a hard subject. I hope you’ll join me there! Long ago on a spring day in Cairo, I was walking across a small... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Good News & Choose Your Charity Wisely

  

  A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a man named Anees in Iraq. Anees had broken his ankle, and the break was complicated by a previous broken leg. He could... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s About Showing Up

  

  My friend Bitsie celebrated her 30th anniversary recently. In an online conversation, she said this to me:“The other day, when a young wife asked me; ‘what is... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Child Should Have to Be the Firstborn….

  

  Firstborn children have the joy and burden of being first. The joy of newness and expectation, the burden of insecure parenting and wanting to get it right. No... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Self-Sufficiency in 8 Months – How to Settle a Refugee

  

  It came to my mind yesterday that most of us have limited knowledge of the refugee situation in the United States alone, much less the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trauma-Informed Care

  

  In recent years, trauma-informed care has been a front and center topic in healthcare. Trauma-informed care “is an approach that aims to engage people with... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Symbol of Strength

  

  Gloucester, Massachusetts is a fishing town. It is one of the oldest settlements in what became Massachusetts Bay Colony.Through the years, life in this... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thank You Taylor Swift!

  

  Thank you Taylor Swift by RobynnAll summer long our youngest daughter has been dreading entering the eighth grade. Seventh grade wasn’t a positive experience fo... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Will a Dead Toddler Wake a Sleeping World?

  

  Source: https://twitter.com/LizSly/status/639042438984699904He’s in a red shirt and blue shorts, his little body still chubby with the best kind of toddler fat. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hope in Exile: Rooftop Prayer

  

  “Every evening at sundown we go on the roof and we pray.”When I heard this, I was sitting with Anees and Shatha in their tiny room. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Resilient Orthodox: We Come Needy

  

  The morning light reflects off the gold of the icons and it is beautiful. The church is quiet, save footsteps walking up to venerate the icons. We are in... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hand of Blessing

  

  by Robynn  You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. ​Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,too great for me to... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “How to Distribute a Migrant”

  

  The words sound like a cookbook or an instructional manual, like “how to change a tire” or “how to skin a squirrel” or “how to bake bread. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Welcoming the Third Culture Kid

  

  The last week in August is upon us, and lamentations of “how quickly the summer has gone” can be heard all around.It’s the time of year when college... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Who Will Put Christina Back in the Arms of Her Mother?”

  

  Sometimes a story emerges that captures all other stories. It becomes the iconic story, the one that explains everything. And everyone knows the story.Everyone... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Light Shines in the Darkness

  I woke up early to a grey sky and soft summer rain falling. I could hear water on the pavement sloshing as cars went by. All was peaceful inside, and then I mad... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION