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• Gratitude – Number 245 & Muffin Monday

  

  In my worn journal I look back until I find it — Number 245. I’m frantic to find it, it seems crucial to the day.It’s written in slightly messy, black cursive,... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 7 “From Mary in the Blue Dress to Most Holy...

  

  The image comes from my Sunday School days of long ago. Mary is pale and pure, always in blue, probably to match her distinctively blue eyes. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• This is My Body

  

  by RobynnThough they may be out there, I have never met a woman who is not consumed with food, and body image. There are those who are clinically diagnosed... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thoughts on Entry from a Third Culture Kid

  

  Thoughts on Reentry from a Third Culture Kid“As I boarded the plane I knew that life as I had known it, the life of boarding school and long train trips home,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thoughts on Baking Bread

  

  As the fall moves in and leaves change their colors, trading the dark green of late summer for the orange, red, and gold of Autumn, I begin to bake bread. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Negotiating Reentry

  

  I don’t know why I started arguing with airport security. It was stupid and irrational. But I wasn’t in a space to be rational. I had just traveled 36 hours fro... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep on Rowing

  

  You can see the concentration on their faces — this is not a spectator sport. They care not whether there is an audience, whether people are cheering on the... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 6 “Slowly by Slowly”

  A few years ago, when I still hoped the Orthodox church would not become a full part of our lives, when I looked on this faith as a distant second cousin, one... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putting the Tanga Before the Horse; the Bicycle Before the Rickshaw

  

  by RobynnBlogger’s note: For those unfamiliar with the mode of transportation called a tanga – it is a less fancy version of a horse-driven carriage.Many of... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Learning to ‘Be’ Instead of ‘Do’

  

  In the spring I moved to a 4-day work week. Basically 40 hours in 4 days instead of 5. This is a good move for me as I needed the space a 3-day weekend... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The “Where Are You From?” Game

  

  Turned out the guy had never heard of Boston…What do you think? And what do you actually say?I think this: “Well, I was born in a small town in New England,... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hope in the Red and Gold

  

  For years while living in Pakistan and Cairo we had no Autumn. No pumpkins. No apple picking. No smells of apple crisp or pie coming from a hot oven. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tips for Working Cross-culturally in Health Care Settings and Beyond

  

  Through my years of living, working, and communicating across cultural boundaries I’ve realized two things that sum it all up: one — this road is humbling and... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Reluctant Orthodox – Volume 5 “On Icons and Changing Vision”

  I sat and stared at the icon feeling guilty. I didn’t feel a thing. I had no attachment to icons. I had no emotion other than guilt for not having emotion. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life Overseas – Sacrifice, Sheep, and Raising Kids Cross-Culturally

  

  It’s Saturday and we have a house full of college kids and young adults. Pumpkin croissants, courtesy of Trader Joe’s, are baking in a 350 degree oven, taking... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sacerdotal Services

  

  by RobynnAs many of the readers of Communicating Across Boundaries know, I am Canadian. Initially I was here in the US on an R1 visa. It’s a religious worker... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rebranded in the Image of God

  

  Last week I wrote two vulnerable posts on ‘being an impostor’. The first looked back at some words spoken into my childhood and how they were branded on my hear... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stories & Resilience

  

  “The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop a strong family narrative.”* There is much written on stories,... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Cultural Competency & Cultural Humility

  I spoke to a class of graduate nursing students yesterday in the city of Worcester. The topic was on cultural competency and health care — a topic I’ve spoken o... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rich Westerners & Muffin Monday

  

  Welcome to Monday! Today I’m sending you to Djibouti Jones to read a challenging article called “When Rich Westerners Don’t Know They are Being Rich Westerners”. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION