When You Hate Where You Live
You don’t want to admit it. You don’t even know if you can allow yourself to say it. But you hate where you live. It feels like a dirty word –“hate.” Certainly nothing a good Christian is allowed to feel about the place God has her. You feel stuck. You want something else. You don’t […]
For When You’re Trying to Adjust + Plus New Community Builders!
My family and I are in a season of major adjustment. June, July and August were all about uprooting, traveling, and change. Now we’re midway through September, and the proverbial dust is beginning to settle. Now is the time we’re supposed to be adjusting and finding our new normal. Or whatever normal looks like when […]
7 Things to Know About Culture Shock
The first time I crossed a cultural boundary; I was but 1 year old! And no, it wasn’t my parents whisking me off to some far-off tropical land; it was my family returning to the US after a term of service in Pakistan. My mother says that my older sister and some of the children […]
Culture Aftershocks
My husband sat at the breakfast table in his boxer shorts, reading about David and Goliath to the kids while the bathtub slowly filled for his daily soak (he’s a slightly high-maintenance guy). I stood at the end of our table, serving food. It was a Saturday morning in our dreary city. Most people without […]