The Noise of Social Media
As an introvert, I need time alone to reset and function well. And I’ve learned that I don’t need to have a tremendous number of friends, just a few...
Laura is in the early stages of transitioning back to life in the US, which means she’s relearning how to use the ATM and remembering how to drive like an American, not a European. After spending over six years serving in three countries, she has developed a heart for encouraging women who are serving overseas and is thankful for how God has provided opportunities for her to share her stories and thoughts with others. She blogs at Chatting About Life
As an introvert, I need time alone to reset and function well. And I’ve learned that I don’t need to have a tremendous number of friends, just a few...
Many of us love watching the transformation of people or spaces. In an hour or less we see an outdated hair style and ill-fitting clothes replaced with perfectly styled...
“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19, ESV). In the midst of the dust and the noise and the cries of a newborn,...
I recently completed personality type training for my new job. Third full-time job. Third personality type. But while the title of my personality has changed based on the categories given,...
Most of us have a vision in our head of how our ideal home will be decorated. Bold colors or comfortable furniture or a gallery wall. But cross-cultural living, as...
I probably shouldn’t be giving advice about how to relax because I’m fairly horrendous at it. Relaxing, for me, takes work. I can rarely make it through watching an entire...
As an introvert who spends a lot of time communicating with people for work these days, I relish a quiet social life. The downside to this, however, is that I...
Transition, re-entry, cultural adjustment—no matter what the label, cross-cultural living involves parts of ourselves dying on a regular basis. When I first moved overseas, I didn’t fully comprehend all of...
A seventy-mile trip. On a donkey. Nine months pregnant. If I were Mary, those circumstances would not have been a reason to rejoice. Those seventy miles would...
We are risk-takers. Whether we describe ourselves in those words or not, the reality is we are. We board planes to foreign countries. We wade through immigration paperwork. We live...
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