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In the midst of so much out of your control, how can you deal with so many possibilities? The very nature of your life in cross-cultural service involves an ability to recalculate. What h...

Dear Missions, There’s been ups and downs just like everyone said there would be. It’s been good and I’m thankful for this opportunity, but there are a few things I wish you had told me b...

Melissa Chaplin, author or “Returning Well” helps us understand what it’s like for workers to return “home” after cross-cultural service. Melissa offers insight to churches to help them lovingly ca...

I wrote Looming Transitions with known transitions in mind. But what the world has been experiencing recently is the exact opposite of a looming transition. Instead, it is akin to an abrupt transit...

Once when I was introducing a workshop for global workers on the topic of transitions, I conducted an experiment. I asked the attendees to introduce themselves to someone new and to only talk about...

A timing question. We all leave the field eventually. So when is the right time? When I was a field director in Congo I would say, I sure hope the family comes back for the second term. The first t...

Promoting good practice in the management and support of aid personnel

I have moved to a third new country in seven years (and that’s not counting all the moves back and forth to my passport country.) Your story is probably similar if you are reading this blog, and le...

 I think of Donna Kushner as a hero. She is a champion of MK’s and TCK’S, their stories, journeys and life struggles. She was so moved by the need to care for MK’s better, she pioneered a...

I don’t know about you, but I find it very hard to believe that Elf has been around since 2003. It quickly became one of the Christmas movie classics — right up there with Home Alone, The Santa Cla...

”What does Corona Quarantine and TCKs have in common?  For the third episode of TCKs 101 we’re tackling the big one: grief. Disenfranchised and accumulated, TCK grief is unique...except for wh...

There have been a lot of books written about Third Culture Kids but not so many for them, especially for young TCKs. Swirly, written by adult-TCK Sara Saunders and illustrated by Matthew ...