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• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 10 “On Bread & Wine”

  

  I’ll admit it – I felt irritated, angry even. The little kid who had wandered through the service all morning had his hands full of blessed bread. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Story of a Soup

  

  by RobynnIt was years ago God gave us the Wilson family!John and Kamala Wilson ran a guest house in the small mountain town of Coonoor in South India. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Thing to Be Grasped

  

  The MBTA Number 1 bus plods its way down Massachusetts Avenue all the way to Dudley Square Station. Traveling on this bus is not for the faint of heart, the cit... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blog Reader Love

  

  The connection started with an email that a reader of Communicating Across Boundaries sent me. She would be in Boston for a conference with her husband. She is ... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Klondike Avenue

  

  In 1969 our family left Pakistan for a year leave and came to the United States. We rented a home on Klondike Avenue in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It couldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Souls Under Construction (& Monday Muffins)

  

  A green net covering a high chain link barrier obstructs my view of the Charles River. The Longfellow Bridge is under construction. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 9 “On Prayer”

  

  A small, brown book sits on our altar, beside our dining room table. The cover is engraved in gold with the simple words “Orthodox Prayer Book”.It feels... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – To the Parents of Third Culture Kids

  Readers – it’s Marilyn and today I’m back at A Life Overseas where I write specifically to the parents of Third Culture Kids. I would love it if you joined me,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parenting Series: Don’t Burn Your Bridges – A Home to Come Back To

  

  Part three: Don’t burn your Bridges – A Home to Come Back ToThis is the final segment in a three-part series Robynn has called, The Spelling Bee. “Lowell and I... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parenting Series – Bible Trivia. Shmible Shnivia.

  

  Part two: Bible Trivia. Shmible Shnivia. Robynn continues unpacking the list she and Lowell have followed as they’ve attempted to raise their children in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parenting Series – The Spelling Bee: G.O.S.P.E.L!

  

  The next three days Robynn takes us into a great conversation on parenting. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!Part one: The Spelling Bee: G.O.S.P.E.L!Whe... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Announcing a Week of Parenting (& Muffin Monday)

  

  I knew as I held the tiny 6 pound body in my tired arms that I had never loved this way before. She was a scrunched face and dark eyes growing accustomed to a... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – “The Sign of the Cross”

  

  This is the first thing I notice as I begin my journey into Orthodoxy. The sign of the Cross. I shake my head because I can’t figure out when they do the sign. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Give Her a Break!

  

  Yesterday at breakfast Lowell was reading NPR journalist, Heather King’s spiritual memoir, Redeemed. I just finished reading it a few days ago too. In some... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Old Friends and New Memories

  

  I wake to a grey and wet November day, cloudy skies overhead and soggy leaves strewn across the pavement. The trees, however, are still bright with the colors o... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• For Grandma K – Live From the Red Sox Parade!

  

  One of my earliest memories of my maternal grandmother is sitting in her small living room at 40 Hyde Park Street eating Ritz crackers and watching Red Sox game... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waves of Panic

  

  (Join Robynn as she sorts through circumstances that have jumbled her emotions and mixed up her metaphors!)My passport application is being processed. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Praise of Idle Moments

  

  The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Face Transplants, Domestic Violence, & Identity

  

  In September of last year I wrote a post about meeting the mother of Carmen Tarleton in Thetford, Vermont. I relayed how while in line for a barbecue on a... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Security Blanket of Busy

  

  Yesterday I shared a picture on Facebook that garnered a number of responses, and it got me thinking about our addiction to busy.It works something like this:... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION