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• Far and Wee – Thoughts on Spring from a Lower Case Poet

  

  I feel like winter has reverberated across the globe this year.Whether it be friends in Germany where the sun did not shine for weeks or friends in Minnesota,... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 25 “On Marriage & Being Twice Blessed”

  

  The quality of mercy is not strained;It droppeth as the gentle rain from HeavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed -It blesseth him that gives and him... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Loss – A Repost by Robynn

  

  Today it is appropriate that we repost this beautiful piece by Robynn on loss. As she works through yet one more loss in her life I am grateful she wrote this... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Chai Shop

  

  ‘Rite of Passage’ definition: a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone’s life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Truth and Grace Collide

  

  Every week on the show “Call the Midwife” I watch truth and grace collide. And I cry.For those who know the show, I think you’ll understand. For those who... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Indeed I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

  

  I lay flat on my back, a hospital pillow tucked under my head. The nurse has started an intravenous line in a small vein in my right hand, so skilled that I fel... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• #BostonStrong – Marathon 2014

  

  The sky is clear blue and the weather is perfect. We can hear cheers from onlookers as we walk toward our spot – the spot where we cheer on marathon runners... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 24 “On Pascha, Sophia Maria & Isaac”

  

  The Orthodox hymn gets in your brain and you find yourself wanting to belt it out in loud measure everywhere you go.Christ is risen from the dead, trampling dow... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “On Good Friday – A View from Above” at A Life Overseas

  

  Today in the Christian Faith is a day we set aside. I recognize that many readers do not share the same truth claims and I am so grateful that you still come... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “A Happiness Whose Other Name is Home”

  

  If you had a few weeks to live, where would you go? Roger Cohen asks this question in a recent opinion piece in the New York Times called “In Search of Home. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grief Quotes During Holy Week

  Grief Quotes by Robynn - Grief quotes: Even when grieving someone has to do the laundry… Hard to get it dry when the tears keep coming.Grief quotes: I’m a prett... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Interview with Tamara Lunardo – Editor of What a Woman is Worth

  

  On April 1st the book What a Woman is Worth was released. Today I’m excited to introduce you to editor and writer Tamára Lunardo. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Lover’s Quarrels, Crazy People & Early Morning Grace

  

  The following was written at the end of March.The wind almost blew me down the street. It was bitter cold and came with a force. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 23 “On Repentance & the Mystery of Grace”

  

  I didn’t know about Saint Mary of Egypt until this past year. What is known about her primarily comes from a biography written by the Patriarch of Jerusalem... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shame On Me: Third Culture Kids & Shame

  

  Shame on me: Third Culture Kids Shame by Robynn Two Sundays ago our Pastor started an enormously brave sermon series on shame. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monsoon Rains

  

  Each year by mid-July the monsoon rains would arrive in Murree. We would go from glorious sunshine and fields of daisies to soggy puddles, torrential rain and... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living In Between the Niches by Katha Von Dessien

  

  A joy of blogging is the number of people who come into my world. Katha is one of those people. We emailed a bit after a comment she left on Communicating Acros... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• “Coffee Should Be Black as Hell, Strong as Death, and Sweet as Love.”

  

  Today’s is a repost from a couple of years ago – and as I head into a busy Monday it seems about perfect! It’s Monday morning and as I head to my grey cubicle i... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 22 “On the Baptism of a Son”

  

  Yesterday we had the joy and privilege of attending our son’s Baptism and Chrismation into the Orthodox Church. Trying to put on paper what the soul and the... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Love of Bazaars

  

  I have a low tolerance for malls in the United States. I get mall headaches and feet; I feel quickly overwhelmed, tire easily of the glitz and the poster... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION