As we honor St. Patrick today, some with our green clothing and pinching those without, others with libations and late parties, I’ve been reflecting on my trip to Ireland last April for a Celtic Journey. For a week, I traveled across the lush green landscape in a large van with a dozen students and staff … More St. Patrick’s Syncretism
Happy New Year! For me, 2017 was an exceptional year of travel. I took 22 flights and slept in 47 beds in 11 countries and 11 US states, living out of a suitcase for a cumulative of 6 months of the year. As I paused to reflect on how I experienced God in 2017, I … More Worship around the World
During my “Europe Voyage” I was looking for historical figures from my nations of origin who I could admire and emulate. In reflection, there were four with whom I came into contact who really impressed and challenged me. Here I will share a little about each… … More My White Heroes
Recounting the second half of my Europe Voyage… I traveled for 105 days, to 11 countries, taking 13 flights, sleeping in 31 beds, with 50+ train rides, and plenty of new friends! I traversed beautiful landscapes in Europe and the US, enjoyed rich reunions with family and friends, and experienced meaningful paradigm shifts as I’ve encountered new ideas. … More Europe Voyage in brief PART 2
April 28, 2017 – I’m half-way through my “Europe Voyage”. Over the last 5 weeks my pace has kept me clipping along through England, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, and Austria where I arrived last night. Here are some highlights from the first half of my trip… … More Europe Voyage in brief PART 1
Years before I started this blog, I pondered the analogies of boats and bridges. I love the idea of boats and bridges because they make it possible for cultures to meet one another and intersect. But boats haven’t always transported willing riders and some lands haven’t always been willing recipients of new arrivals. Tracing the story of human migration, reveals a patchwork of both willing and unwilling migrations. Boats and bridges are not always so pretty. … More Of Boats & Bridges
If you enjoyed part 1, you’ll definitely eat up part 2. #6-9 all happened in the same week. Though this one week in my travels had the most blunders and thus was the most expensive, it was also the most exciting. It was spontaneous, risky, and amazing. I would totally do it again, but making … More Part 2 – My Top 10 Travel Blunders & How I fixed them
My parents raised me in a foreign country with the mantra, “Sometimes we pay for our lessons.” Linguistic and cultural barriers are just part of the landscape of international travel or living and as the visitor, it’s pretty likely we’ll goof up here or there. This perspective has helped me have grace on myself on … More Part 1 – My Top 10 Travel Blunders & How I Fixed Them
It’s a cloudy morning in Prague and I’m compelled to write a blog. It’s been 2 weeks since I published anything and that was 5 countries ago in Ireland. Since then, I’ve spent a night in England, a week in Italy, 5 nights in Switzerland, a night in Germany, and last night in Prague, Czech … More The distressed traveling blogger…
Life is about the in between spaces, the liminality or limbo where you’ve left some place but you haven’t arrived in the next place yet. It’s like being a traveler in transit. I’m doing a lot of transiting (and train-sitting) on my Europe Voyage, and there’s something surprisingly comforting about it. As a TCK, Third … More In Transit
crossing oceans bridging cultures 