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• Who Do People Say I Am?

  

  by RobynnAccording to research done by the Kansas Leadership Center one of the leadership competencies is ‘Managing self’. Part of that is knowing your... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Thoughts from Adult TCKs to Those Who Raise Them

  

  A few weeks ago I sent messages to many Adult Third Culture Kids. The question I posed was this “So you’re all third culture kids from different countries at... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding My Niche Overseas by Elizabeth Trotter

  

  Elizabeth Trotter is an Anne of Green Gable’s sort of kindred spirit. Like most of those who guest blog, we’ve never met but we have connected in many areas... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – On Living with Flexible Purpose

  

  Readers – when I began blogging I wrote a short piece on living intentionally but flexibly. I have retooled the piece today over at A Life Overseas and I hope... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Aging Adult TCK

  

  by Robynn. You can follow Robynn on Twitter @RobynnBlissI used to think of myself as a Missionary Kid…an MK. My parents were missionaries. I was their kid. The... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Didn’t Look Back

  

  I was in London’s Heathrow Airport, crowds of people going to and fro. Some went quickly, late for connections and needing to get to their gate as soon as... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• State of the World’s Mothers 2014 #SOWM

  

  I was 13 when I first witnessed the miracle of birth at a women’s and children’s hospital in Pakistan. Ever since I have had a part of my heart reserved for... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding My Niche in My Family History by Olga Mecking

  

  Today we resume the Finding Your Niche series with a post from Olga Mecking. What I love about her essay is how this global upbringing is embedded in her DNA.... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• From “Yes…But” to “But God”

  

  “It’s finally spring!” I say brightly to the woman in the elevator. And for sure everything around me shouts this fact. The colors are God’s palette gone wild... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 27 “Myrrh Bearing Women”

  

  There were eight of them. Eight who on Palm Sunday were overjoyed with the honor given to their teacher, their rabbi. Eight of them who on Wednesday could not... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• About Mother’s Day – Aka Holidays Out of Control

  Of all the negative traits of capitalism, the co-opting of holidays is one of the most insidious and destructive to our bank accounts and our relationships. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Endurance….A Long Walk in a Dark Tunnel

  

  by Robynn. Follow Robynn on Twitter @RobynnBliss2014 has been a long year.We returned from an extended trip to India on January 4th. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finding My Niche in Public Health – What I Do in My Day Job

  I don’t often talk about what I do – like my paycheck job, the job that pays for food, rent, and children’s college tuition. But today, because it is my... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When You Give Birth

  

  I had a post all planned. It was full of information: statistics, thoughts, problems, solutions. It was based on the State of the World’s Mothers report that... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Polio (and When It’s All Too Much to Bear)

  

  Afghanistan – where war, Taliban, drones and mudslides keep this country of hospitality, amazing people and amazing food on its knees and in its cemeteries. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Les Voyageurs” Beautifully Imperfect

  

  The picture of the sculpture is so remarkable I think that it cannot be real. It must be a photograph, digitally altered by a master.But it is real. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 26 “On Midwives and Confession”

  

  I wait on a side pew with several others. Vespers and vigil have ended and most of us are sitting in silence. In the far left corner of the sanctuary our... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unfinished Conversations

  

  We have family visiting this weekend. My younger brother and sister-in-law, my mom and dad, a niece and a baby I just met, another niece. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• If Sarah Palin Were in Charge

  I am grateful for Robynn’s voice on Communicating Across Boundaries, whether on Friday or another day. Today she reacts to something we both found deeply... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Unappeased Yearning to Return

  

  “Sometimes I’m so homesick I can’t get out of bed. Especially in the winter.” This was said to a colleague of mine by a Brazilian patient a few years ago after... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION