The Two-Way Street of Community {The Grove: Sayings}
“Klooen tee bung klooen.” “Depend on yourself.” This common Cambodian phrase surprised me as I learned in the early years to appreciate the generous and interdependent culture of...
Category: Community
Let’s Dream Together {The Grove: Dreams}
We are long overdue for a community post! If this is your first Velvet Ashes Community post, here's the gig: We'll have a list of ten questions you can copy...
When Selfishness Leads to Neglect
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...
When Death Leads to Life
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...
Connecting When You Think You Might Not {The Grove: Community}
Connection Groups registration will end soon. We have about 40 openings left and don't want you to miss out on the opportunity to be in a more intimate community with...
Expectations When Connecting
Connection Groups registration is now OPEN! Looking to meet and interact with other women? Now is your chance, with Skype , Facebook, Facebook Live Chat, and Writing groups, you can...
Connecting Through Pain
This post has my name on it because a blog post isn’t able to list multiple authors. But as you will see, this truly was a group effort. ///...
Permission to Connect
Connection. We all long for it. To know. To be known. To understand. To be understood. In times of transition sometimes it is hard to find connections....
Together As Sheep
We are coming into the last hours of our #GivingTuesday part of the year-end Not Alone Campaign. And your generosity to let your fellow servants know they are Not Alone...
A Veiled Face in a Muslim Land
My white face was still white. But the traditional black head covering kept my light hair under wraps so that it didn't broadcast my outsider-ness. Wearing black, not only on...
