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• Our Shared World

  

  I entered the bus with relief. It was dark from the early sunset that comes in December and raining hard. Cold wind blew raindrops that stung against faces and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Series on Suffering #11 – an Interlude

  

  Series on Suffering # 11 – an Interlude by Robynn. Take a look here to read other pieces from this excellent series.I’m sure it seems that the series on... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When You’re Told to Pull up Your Bootstraps, And You’re Not Wearing Any Shoes

  

  It’s not often our expertise but the exploration of our own suffering that enables us to be of real assistance.That’s what allows us to touch another human... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Ten-Dollar Coupon and My Poverty of Soul

  

  The ten-dollar coupon had grown hot in my hand. Literally. I was clutching it tightly. I was doing something I have never done: Arriving at Macy’s at seven in... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Travel Quote – Keep Your Suitcase Packed!

  

  Today’s travel quote is from Bettie Addleton – my dear friend and a dear family friend. Bettie’s quote personifies her life of travel and adventure. You can rea... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Insomnia—Advent’s Distant Cousin

  

  by Robynn. Follow Robynn on Twitter @RobynnBliss and read her posts here.I had a rough night last night. I fell into a hard sleep but a short hour later, woke t... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Found Baby Jesus

  

  The night before Thanksgiving we found Baby Jesus. He was in a box of toys that we took down for two small favorites of ours – the kids of our friends Eric and... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• These Things I Believe

  

  ….That street and subway musicians deserve our spare change.That you should always buy lemonade from kids who are selling it on street corners.That the... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seasons of Waiting

  

  Each year the season of Advent takes me by surprise. Instead of coming on with a shout, a “look at me, look at me,” Advent comes with a whisper.It comes as I... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Giving Voice to the Longing

  

  Thanksgiving is over. It was a day of grace and gratitude with people from around the world gathered in warmth and belonging. Israelis mingled with Syrians,... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ten Things You Can Do on Friday (Instead of Going Shopping)

  

  Marilyn:I can never let Black Friday go by without saying something…so here is a repost of a piece I wrote a year ago! Enjoy a Friday at home today! Originally... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Ole’ Days: Remembering Thanksgiving in the “old” Country!

  

  We (Robynn & I) wish you a Happy Thanksgiving from the United States! Enjoy this post by Robynn about the “Old Country.”Those were Thanksgivings where kimchee... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Acne Medicine and Hope

  

  Tomorrow is American Thanksgiving – a favorite holiday for many. I know that there is a history behind Thanksgiving that is sobering, that the day we remember i... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Walking in the Dark

  

  The light doesn’t go on until you walk half way down the stairs.I started down the stairwell in my brother’s Istanbul apartment. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Word About the Weather…

  

  A Word on the Weather by RobynnNothing serves to highlight the differences between where I used to live and where I now live more poignantly than the... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Packages from Home – A Boarding School Story

  

  Every day around noon time mail would come to our boarding school. This was a highlight of our day. In elementary school we waited until our house parents had... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Series on Suffering #10 – Kindness

  

  Robynn continues the series on suffering today with a look at kindness. I’m wondering if suffering gives us a taste for kindness? In suffering you are stripped... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who Made You the Spoon to Stir the Sugar in My Tea?

  

  Idioms are a mystery and a delight! And until you know at least a couple of them, some of the nuances of a language and culture elude you.Recently I learned an... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – Just Be Faithful

  

  It’s a Monday morning and I’m at A Life Overseas this morning thinking about what it means to just be faithful. Just be faithful – something that is so easy... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Grace Has Visited You

  

  There’s a lot of time on a 10-hour plane ride to reflect. (And watch movies if we’re being honest here…) My reflection was on return. What does it mean to... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION