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Author: Jessica Richardson

The Cat in the Can

November 17, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / 1 Comment

Shared cultural knowledge includes knowledge about what to expect when you hear, see, or do certain things.

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Depending on the Character of God

August 20, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

We call out to God and hear no answer. We ask, “Why God? Why won’t you answer me? What have I done wrong?”

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What’s a Citizen of an Upside Down World Supposed to Do?

August 13, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

Sometimes, just when I think I’m getting my feet on the ground and am back into “normal life”, I’m hit with how different everything is now.

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There’s More to Relationships Than What’s on T.V.

May 11, 2020May 7, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

It was a bit of a shock to realize I wasn't really prepared to understand the great mystery of interpersonal relationships, especially under the pressure of living in a cross-cultural context.

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The Beautiful and the Humbling: A Study in Language Learning

May 7, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

When I speak there are no heavenly hosts dancing around, astounded by the artful way I string my words and thoughts together.

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In Order to Find My Voice, I Had to Lose It.

April 30, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

Today I had an epiphany. God's voice becomes my voice as I live my life in the truth of his word.

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I Want to Be You

April 29, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” While this may not be true in all situations, it was in mine.

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Victory Garden

April 18, 2020April 30, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

I sat on my porch and stared at the dry, barren patch full of weeds and garbage and I realized I was feeling much the same way inside.

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I Have Arrived, but Who am I?

April 11, 2020April 30, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

“I don’t know who I am anymore.” While this may sound like an odd statement to those who have never moved cross-culturally, it is one we’ve heard many times.

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A Lesson in Soup

April 6, 2020April 29, 2020 / Jessica Richardson / Leave a comment

A fun, short story looking at issues with identity in a cross-cultural situation

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2 Corinthians 4:7 NIV

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

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