Tag: TCKs
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Rain, “No Pasa Nada,” and Thankfulness as an Attitude
My day had started badly. I’d refused to get up when my alarm clock went off. When I finally did crawl out of bed…
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TCK Voices: Nowhere is Perfect But Everywhere Grows You
Sometimes, amid culture shock or yet another move, it’s easy to find yourself looking at a certain place with nostalgic, rose-colored glasses. You may start to believe that the grass is greener … somewhere else.
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Dear Younger Me, You are God’s Child
Dear Younger Me, I want you to know your very real needs are not too big of a burden to share with God or your loved ones. He never created you to live on automatic pilot, numbing what lies beneath…
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Away From Home At Christmas
Christmas: a time of glowing candles, comfy living rooms, and warm gingerbread. Christmas: an occasion to sing carols, meet up with family, and joyfully celebrate the birth of our Saviour. Or, Christmas: a day of loneliness, longing, and separation?
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vagabond
dirt beaten into a line by many feet that traveled by leaving something and running to another, learning along the way.
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Trance
It must’ve been a dream swirling torches, whirling faster and faster under the light of the moon a bright half turned on its side shining down on the dangerous dance
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To My New Friends
There is not enough time. There is never enough time. From the moment we meet, I am thinking of the end; maybe because I have done this before. I’ve done this too many times before and every ending is too soon so there are two choices in response to that truth:
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Not My Home
Gazing out the window Of a house built on blessings; Straining my eyes to the horizon, I will them to defy nature.
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Gleaning
Do you ever feel overcome with emotions that just keep bubbling to the surface? Have you not wanted to go there, not wanting to feel the depths of your anguish? Are you carrying such an overwhelming yearning for the promises of God to be revealed that this very yearning has become too painful to even…
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3 Gifts Loneliness Can Bring You This Season
Oh, the wonderful season of the holidays! The annoying tune of “Jingle Bells” floated across the air, insisting on reminding me of the approaching joy…
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Mountains and Valleys: A Letter to the Suffering Soul
I have grown to find much comfort and solace in the beauty of mountains and nature. Perhaps, I think, there are other souls like me who are in awe of mountains and find happiness in birdsong and laughter. Perhaps there are other kindred spirits who are distressed at the world and know what it means…
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