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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Forgetful

Are you forgetful? I am. 

Reading through old journals and letters never fails to delight. Surprise. And confound. Highlighting my forgetfulness about experiences and facts from our personal history.

“Don’t forget” and “remember” are two exhortations. Repeated in Scripture. For good reason.

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live.
Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.”
Deuteronomy 4:9 CSB

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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Temporary place

Temporary place. A familiar part of the faith journey. 

Each stop. Stirring mute awareness in the back of my mind. And the depths of my soul.

This is not for always. But only for a season. 

No matter where we move. Set up house. And make a home. 

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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

Song in the air

“There’s a song in the air. There’s a star in the sky.”

It was always my favorite carol as a kid. At Christmas. 

Years later. In a country with only a small percentage of believers. I was walking through a department store one day and suddenly stopped. Listened.

Christmas music was in the air. Playing over the sound system. Lyrics and all.

“…O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!”

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