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• The Forgotten Ones

  

  It was in late August that the world’s short attention span focused on a group of people fleeing Iraq and trapped in the Sinjar mountains. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When You Feel Small

  

  I took a breath as I looked out from a high roof-top terrace over the city of Istanbul.“This city is so massive, and I am so small” I thought to myself.My... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Istanbul

  

  It has been an amazing time in Turkey. Some of what I’ve experienced can be captured in words, some in pictures, and others are only for the heart. Today I... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Travel Quote

  

  Hello from Turkey! Today’s travel quoteis contributed from Bayta. Bayta has been in my world almost since the beginning of blogging and I love her wisdom and he... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Series on Suffering #9 – Darkness and Light and Waiting

  Series on Suffering #9: Darkness and Light and Waiting by RobynnI’ve been wanting to include a piece on waiting in this series on suffering. Waiting is so much... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding God at the Office

  I am honored to be at Karissa Knox Sorell’s blog today taking part in her “Where I Found God” series. I met Karissa through a blog reader who connected us when... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “It’s a Long Way to Go for a Friend” Guest Post by Pauline Brown

  

  I’m so happy to feature my mom today in this post on friendship. You can read more about my mom here and here. She is a gifted, amazing woman and has modeled... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who I Am by Bronwynn Bliss

  

  It is a joy to feature Bronwynn Bliss on Communicating Across Boundaries….and yes, that would be Robynn’s youngest daughter! ********** Adelaide, Bronwynn, ... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Travel and Travel Quote

  

  Istiklal Caddesi on Sunday afternoon by Stanley Brown“Harry kicked off hard from the ground. The cool night air rushed through his hair as the neat square... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s Wrong With Halloween?

  

  Maybe it’s that I’m sick of the sexy nurse costumes, completely demeaning my profession. Maybe it’s that I think making a “sexy Olaf” costume, sexualizing a... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Series on Suffering #8 – A Pause

  

  Suffering: A Pause by Robynn. Click here to read more posts by Robynn.I’m pushing pause on the series on suffering today.This past weekend my dad was admitted t... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cross-cultural Connection

  Recently I went to an outreach center in a different part of the city, a few blocks from the subway and behind the mosque in Roxbury. This area is perhaps the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “So – Are You Visiting?”

  

  Today I am at the blog This.Is.Katha writing for Katha’s 31 Days in the Life of a TCK series. Katha has written for me several times and I’m excited to guest... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Travel Quote – From An Adventure a Day

  

  I love this travel quote from a reader and blogger who writes at An Adventure a Day. How could I not love someone who writes a blog by that name?! Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Autumn of My Parents

  

  It is a poignant irony that most of us don’t understand or empathize with the humanity of our parents until later in life. Until then they are ‘other’ and we... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Invitation to Return – Part 2

  An Invitation to Return – Part 2 by Robynn. If you missed yesterday’s post you can read it here. As I think about these big questions – the ‘where is God when... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Series on Suffering #7 – An Invitation to Return

  

  Series on Suffering by RobynnAn Invitation to Return – Part 1There is an agonizing set of questions that has been troubling people since the beginning of time.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Challenge to “Not Go Numb”

  “Just numb it!” I say emphatically every time I go to the dentist. “I don’t want to feel a thing.”And it’s true. I had five babies naturally with barely a... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Re-Engaged

  

  In a city, one street over may be the difference between safety and danger; between keeping your possessions and getting robbed; between walking freely and... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Value in a Good Vent

  

  by RobynnThere are times when I feel I might explode! I’m furious. I’m so mad I might just this once really lose it. I had one of those times a month or so... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION