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• The Heart of Ruth Van Reken – Djibouti Jones

  

  Readers – I am again linking you to Djibouti Jones and a continuation of the series “Our Tribal Elders” by Paul Asbury Seaman, begun last week. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cultural Competency – How Does It Help?

  

  Four years ago the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) conducted a raid on a mosque in Miami, Florida. What could have been a disastrous, public relations... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Forget Diversity! It’s Cultural Competency That We Need.

  

  I live in a diverse neighborhood in a diverse area. Every day I ride the subway with people of many different backgrounds and ethnicities. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wrapping up the Week – March 28, 2015

  

  A light snow has fallen all day. I’m sitting on the couch watching the flakes dance with abandon, blown by the wind, just doing what snow flakes do. I smile in... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mothering Matters

  

  by Robynn We have this precious picture that sits on Lowell’s dresser upstairs in our bedroom. It’s one of the rare professional pictures we had taken of our... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Talking About Hope

  

  A light rain falls on my way into work. The pavements that only a few weeks ago were piled high with dirty snow are now clear, even the puddles are gone.... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Tribal Elders Part 1 – Djibouti Jones

  

  Readers, I’m sending you to Djibouti Jones today where she is beginning a collaborative project with a childhood friend of mine, Paul Seaman, an author and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Developing an Empathy Quotient

  

  “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?” Henry David ThoreauThis is the quote that begins a marketing... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mundane Mondays

  

  In mid-January I linked to an essay called “By Degrees – Living and Dying.” This essay was about a woman who was dying of breast cancer. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Big and Small; Small and Big

  

  by RobynnI just got off the phone with a childhood friend. This friendship is rare and very precious to me. Kiran remembers me when I use to wear hot pink and... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In My Imaginary World, Family Lives Right Next Door

  

  I began watching Parenthood for the first time with my younger daughter last night. Those familiar with the show will know it is a television series about... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On New Names and Citizenship

  

  A few years ago, a woman I know from Haiti became a citizen of the United States. It was a long and weary process, full of the pit falls that only those familia... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Guilt of Stability

  

  We have lived longer in the condo where we’re currently living than any other place we’ve ever lived. This hit me recently. Hard.“No wonder I feel restless!” I... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Velvet Ashes – Burnout: A Retrospect

  

  Join Robynn at Velvet Ashes today as she talks about burnout. We have included an excerpt below.**********My husband Lowell and I served for thirteen years as... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brain Drain to Brain Waste

  

  “What did you do in your home country?” I asked.I was speaking with a nursing assistant from Iraq. Nursing assistants help with patient care. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Relearning Life

  

  My friend Angie, one of the primary people behind A Life Overseas, recently moved to the United States after 15 years in Bolivia.Watching her through this move... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Culture and Crayons

  

  I have just returned from the Families in Global Transition conference held in Washington DC this past weekend. It will take some time to process all of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• International Woman’s Day 2015 – “Make It Happen”

  

  Today is International Woman’s Day. Yearly a day is set aside to honor women around the world, but also to bring attention to areas where changed needs to... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wrapping up the Week – March 7, 2015

  

  While you read this, I will be sitting with a group of people I’ve never met, but with whom I have a great deal in common. I am at the Families in Global... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Psalms: A Reentry Handbook

  

  by RobynnI remember hanging suspended upside down inside a squished cab of a pick up truck alongside the road. The ambulance arrived and 2 paramedics stuck thei... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION