Tag: TCKs for Christ
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Losing Languages, Shifting Selves: On Accepting Change
The store owner leaned across the counter. “Your Lao pronunciation is getting worse,” she said bluntly. I blushed as I set down my packets of green mango, dried river weed, and rice noodles. When I moved to the States for college, I was so excited to find this Lao grocery store…
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This Crossroads-Inn Called Earth
I am not the child of any place. You’d wonder if each blade of grass Was made for treading down by any foot But mine. And if each grassy dell…
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Come Home
There’s a void, there’s a hole A gaping chasm within your soul You feel empty, never full Only He can make it whole…
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Visiting Another Church (A Prayer)
Lord, here I am again, with my family in our rented minivan. Going to another church full of strangers…
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TCK Voices: Grateful for Grace and Faith in My MK Life
Living overseas has taught me a lot about the realness of God in everyday life, as well as about His provision and guidance. Aspects that certainly aren’t overlooked in America, but that take on a new dimension when you live overseas. I’ve seen prayers answered and many things, both great and small, with God’s visible fingerprints…
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Opinions, Comments, and Processing Others’ Ideas about Your Move
“Europe is good, it’s better there,” she said, and I wasn’t surprised she would think that. Everyone thought that. Well, except the Europeans. “You don’t have a boyfriend,” she observed, to my amusement. “That’s good, actually. Men in Europe are… more refined. Cultured. They like literature, and art… they have more…
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In this Toss
Earth, so round, and bright, and spinning, Full of grace, and mortal sinning, Surely we shall soon be lost In this tumult, in this toss…
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The Light Inside
The Light Inside of Me Burns Bright However, it is easily blown out by sin. Where do I turn? My thoughts sway from Good to Bad Night and Day Thick to Thin…
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Liquid Tears
My mere words are nowhere near Of how I feel right now From a stand to a bow A kneel to the ground But still…
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