Tag: TCKs
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Unresolved Endings and My Urge to Solve Them
I scan the last few paragraphs and then read the last sentence. “Na,” I think. “That’s not a good ending. Not enough closure.” “Something is still missing to round this off nicely,” I comment. Then I stop and think. “Wait a minute. This is someone’s personal experience. Why can’t it have an open ending?”…
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TCK Voices: When Belonging Feels Just Out of Reach
I long to be “a part of the gang” or “one of the team,” to feel like I’m part of a group contributing to the betterment of the world, of working tangibly alongside other believers in accomplishing the Great Commission. Not fitting in is what trips me up every time…
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An Advent Poem
Hope comes through knowledge of Christ, from the birth of our Saviour. Hope is in our God’s promise, His truth, that Jesus will return. Hope is in a God who saves, in the body, Christ Jesus…
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The Turning
There’s Something melancholy In the turning of the year, Not Just Farewell To Summer; Azure Skies, and Sunlight clear…
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Endings
We learn about endings at an early age “The sun will go down, and the dark will come.” But our thoughts often cling to the darker phase…
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Every Day I Pray for You
Every day, I pray for you. Still, the knife cuts through a heart with a mouth that misrepresented…
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He Will Speak
After I say the words, After I storm away, After I make myself a fool, I wait to hear what he will say…
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Apart
I met you once, but we are far apart. Many lakes, and many hills, many secret mountain passages. Indeed, a country separates my friend and me…
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TCK Voices: My Battle with TCK Arrogance
My biggest TCK struggle by far has been arrogance. Over time, I have discovered that my time as a TCK has provided me with a unique worldview, one that has shaped and guided my lifestyle and skill set. My worldview and character are different, and uniquely so. I stick out in a crowd, and people…
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Where My Help Comes From
There will not come a day that I will not proclaim that my help comes from the Lord— and not myself—
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Before the Ledge
The man you See standing Today Wasn’t always Able to do so. The weight Was heavy, And the agony Was long…
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