[This article also exists in audio form. You can listen to it on The Pondering Purple Podcast available on most platforms or by clicking HERE.] Dear Missionary parents, I honor you and affirm you. You are raising families in complicated cross-cultural settings that are at once exhilarating and exhausting. You’re managing so […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE.] I’m sure you’ve experienced it too. That moment when you meet someone in a boringly predictable setting—like an office party—and she says, “This is the most fun I’ve had in my lifetime!” with that derisive intonation that really says, […]
[An audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast, which you can access by clicking HERE. Note that it does not contain the full selection of quotes from TCKs available in this written format.] In Part One of this series (Making the Decision), we centered the TCK in […]
[An audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast, which you can access by clicking HERE. Note that it does not contain the full selection of quotes from TCKs available in this written format.] This article is not a manifesto on the validity or value of boarding schools. […]
[As always, the audio version of this post is available on Pondering Purple, but you’ll be missing out on the graphics and illustrations if you merely listen. If that’s still your preference, click here.] As you can see below, this one’s a video! I developed it to help the broader Christian world to better understand […]
[The audio version of this article is available on the Pondering Purple podcast. Click HERE to listen or find it on your preferred podcast platform.] In the years I’ve spent leading sessions about Third Culture Kids, I’ve referred to the traits we gain from growing up between worlds as our “Identity.” We tend to be […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE. NOTE: There is a bonus video at the bottom of this article!] “If you came back, you wanted to leave again. If you went away, you longed to come back. Wherever you were, you could hear the […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE.] LAURIE’S STORY: I’d seen her sitting slightly distant from the rest of the group for four days. It was a conference in Eastern Europe, and I was teaching on the topic of “Loving MKs Well.” The […]
[This episode is also available in audio format. To listen online, click this link—or find Pondering Purple on your usual podcast platform. For more content on all things MK/TCK, see this list of related articles and episodes.] You may have heard of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out. But if you’re anything like me, you could […]
[This article also exists in podcast form. You can listen to it on Pondering Purple, HERE.] I love being an MK. Some readers might wonder if that’s true, given the hard issues I tackle in my articles and podcasts, but my deep appreciation for the beauty of MKness is actually what motivates […]