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Communicating Across Boundaries
http://communicatingacrossboundariesblog.com/
Communicating Across Boundaries is about learning to express views on culture, faith, values, beliefs, and more in order to arrive at points of understanding.From Boston to Pakistan and many points in between, this third culture kid blogs about life, faith, travel, third culture kid peculiarities, cross-cultural communication, Pakistan, the Middle East and more.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1127 )
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Evil and a Challenge
There's a word for what happens when one group of people sees another as less than human and insists on its right to hurt and humiliate them for fun. It's an... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Slice of Life – Kurdistan, Volume 4
We are enjoying spring in this part of the world. The rain has tapered off and with it the large puddle that forms in my kitchen. I am so happy to see that... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Slice of Life – Kurdistan: Volume 3
I woke up this morning to bright sunshine creating shadows on the walls. It is almost spring in Kurdistan. While indoors it is still brutally cold because of... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Cracked Mug – Memories & Loss
A Cracked Mug - Memories Loss Eight years ago, my friend Mary gave me a giant mug as a hostess gift. She had come from Egypt to Boston for a conference and ou... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Success Redefined
It has not been an easy week. From difficulty with websites to difficulty with people, there are times when I would like life to be easier. I'm sitting now... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Sometimes You Choose to Feed the Kittens
Sometimes all you can do is feed the kittens.... Just before we head to bed, we hear the echoing mew of a kitten. It is pitiful and anxious, a mournful sound... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
“By God! I Don’t Know!” – A Post on Aging
We were sitting Kurdish style on the floor, a kerosene stove pumping out heat to keep us warm in the solid concrete building, when the subject of age came up. W... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Slice of Life – Kurdistan, Volume 2
Oh, the Things We Have Learned.... I'm sitting on my couch, staring out the window at a grey sky. Through the fog I can just make out that the Kewa Rash have a... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
On Scarcity and Abundance
I find I am living, not out of abundance and joy, but out of fear of not having enough. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2019 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Betsy – An Extravagant Friend
Betsy - An Extravagant Friend We are in Athens, mere steps away from the Acropolis that sits high above the city inviting people of every tribe and nation to... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Christmas Eve Reflection from Thessaloniki
Every year I write a Christmas Eve Reflection. Usually it's in a fully decorated home with Christmas music playing in the background. It's written in the midst... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Christmas Story About Advocacy and Failure and Kittens
A cat had kittens in our building about a month ago. We were alerted to this by our neighbor. The cat is fiercely protective, constantly foraging for food and... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Life Overseas – ‘Tis the Season of Incongruity
Deck the halls with calls for charity! Fa-la-la-la-laaa, la-la-la-la! 'Tis the season of incongruity! Fa-la-la-la-laaa, la-la-la-la! #CottageChristmas or... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Some Ramblings on Life, Loss of Ideals, and Culture Stripping
I arrive back to Rania in the rain. The mountains along the road from Erbil to Rania have changed from dusty brown to lush green. They are beautiful. Rivers... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Life Overseas – Capable of Complexity
I'm at A Life Overseas talking about needing to be capable of complexity when we talk about the TCK experience! I loved growing up overseas. I loved that I... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Slice of Life – Kurdistan
"Write more about Kurdistan! I want to hear more about your life!" This text came from my younger daughter recently. I realize I haven't written much about my... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
Welcome to Rania Bazaar
It is around three thirty in the afternoon when we step out of our building and immediately the hot air rushes to greet us. Though the evenings and mornings... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Rain Came
The rain came. One minute it was the hot, dry sun of a high desert and rays of light spread across my living room and peeked into the darkened hallway. I took... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Life of a Good Man
"The life of a good man who has died belongs to the people who cared about him, and ought to, and maybe itself is as much comfort as ought to be asked or... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION -
“Why?” – On One ‘Why’ Question a Day
"Really?" I raised my eyebrows as I looked at my husband. "You're going to waste your one 'why' question on this?" "Doesn't count!" he said emphatically! "Does... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2018 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION