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  • That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It

    What makes us cheer for one snow-suit bundled ski-masked skier over another besides the flag stitched onto their shoulder? What makes us care about a sixteen-year-old girl from the Ukraine or a married couple from China in matching tights? What could possibly bring us to tears when another countries’ national anthem plays as a stranger …[ read more ]

  • Imposter Takes the Medal Stand – Winter Olympics 2010

    Watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, it’s easy for me to see why we humans are tempted to worship ourselves. The artistry and physical prowess on display were breathtaking. The technology of lights and illusions combined with the grace and physique of performers, the angelic voices of singers, the words of poets and …[ read more ]

  • Life as Consumable Art – Lessons from The Cake Boss

    So, I love watching this show on the Learning Channel called The Cake Boss. It’s about Buddy Valastro, owner of Carlo’s City Hall Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. To say he bakes cakes is like saying Jackie Chan has some moves. The man is the Michelangelo of specialty cakes. I’m fascinated by Buddy’s work …[ read more ]

  • Report from a Fat Girl in a Skinny World – My Cross-Cultural Life

    I totally get cross-cultural misunderstandings. Largely because I regularly feel lost and misunderstood in the context of my own culture. I’ve spent the past month training almost one hundred coworkers how to listen. I’ve done so much listening myself that I’m ready to send my ears on a long week-end. During the course of this …[ read more ]

  • Sometimes Christians Go To Jail

    Sometimes Christians go to jail. It’s funny that I was thinking about this on Sunday morning before news of the arrest of ten Baptist American missionaries in Haiti. A church sponsored team was detained at the Haiti/DR border and charged with child trafficking for trying to take thirty-three children to safety without proper documentation. I …[ read more ]