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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Where is home?

We move across the world. Connect with new cultures. Plant our lives in soil so different from what we’ve ever known before. 
Airport arrival
One of our favorite airports. December 2013

Where is home? 

The question crosses our minds. Simmers. Hangs in the air.

If we put down roots here, what happens to the other places we’ve called home? 

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Crossing Cultures Memoir

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week. My mind wanders back across the years and the miles. We’ve made some memories.
Turkeys in Shikarpur
turkey
One of the 1997 Shikarpur turkeys before his demise.

In November 1997 we traveled from Karachi to Shikarpur (Pakistan) and spent a few days with our friends living there. They’d happened upon two turkeys out in a rural area and were fattening them up for a Thanksgiving feast. 

FYI, turkeys gobble-gobble in Pakistan too. 

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Crossing Cultures Devotional Making Disciples

Living in exile

My reading this week is First Peter. An epistle I’m drawn to. Often. 

Perhaps because it addresses those living in exile. Aliens. Temporary residents in foreign lands. 

These are pockets of believers living out the gospel away from their passport country. 

Away from large gatherings of the Body of Christ.