Relationships

Are you judging your reality based on other people’s fantasy?

On an impromptu date last week, my husband and I popped into a local bookstore. As we browsed the shelves, one book caught my eye: “Lord of the Rings Filming locations.”  Since we had been to New Zealand together last year, and even visited the famous Hobbiton, I thought that looking through it together would… Read More Are you judging your reality based on other people’s fantasy?

Relationships

One surprising thing you DON’T need to create good friendships

I recently went to a community-wide cleanup day. While I was there, I met a lovely Egyptian woman named Fabia*.  She was both friendly and a good worker, and we had some great conversations while we were cleaning together side-by-side. As we were finishing up, she mentioned that she was moving halfway across the country… Read More One surprising thing you DON’T need to create good friendships

Cross-Cultural Interaction, Relationships

5 questions to help foster friendship and understanding

I once heard someone say that the root problem of every issue we have in the world today is fear. While I’m not sure I’d go quite that far, I do believe that fear is behind much of the global conflict – racial, religious, ethnic and more – that we see occurring between people groups.… Read More 5 questions to help foster friendship and understanding

Cross-Cultural Interaction, Other

Why I’m so excited about this year’s Olympics

In honor of the Olympic Games in Rio, I’ve decided to change up my format a bit. I hope you enjoy this article about a new addition to the games that I’m really looking forward to. I’m terribly excited about the Olympic Games in Rio this month. Not because of all the drama that’s surrounded them… Read More Why I’m so excited about this year’s Olympics