I am no economist, nor am I an expert of any sort in political science. I am a stay-at-home mom in search of answers – in search of truth. The political events of this past year honestly left me spinning. My head pulls me in one direction, my heart pulls me in another. The world pulls me somewhere else altogether. To find a clear path forward, I knew I had to start by digging down to the roots of the…
See also Revolution, Part 1 and Revolution, Part 2 These past several months, as I have watched the news, read opinion articles and scrolled through my social media feeds, I haven’t been able to stop scenes from China: A Century of Revolution from reeling through my mind. The documentary illustrates five strategies the Communist Party employed during the Cultural Revolution to corral the Chinese people, silence opposition and move the country “forward” along a progressive Marxist trajectory. They were: 1.)…
See also Revolution, Part 1 and Revolution, Part 3 China didn’t become a communist country overnight. In the early 1900’s, the atmosphere in China had reached a boiling point. Cruel warlords ruled different regions of the country and were battling one other. People were suffering. There was widespread unrest and the nation desperately needed to come together. Serious changes had to be made. But what sort of changes? A long and tedious tug of war ensued; a struggle between the Nationalist Party…
My husband and I first moved to China together in 2007. We journeyed there to teach Freshman and Sophomore English at a university in Southeastern China. The American English teachers who had preceded us at the university knew we were coming and had left a stash of random items for us in the guest room closet of our on-campus apartment. They left books, teaching materials, Christmas decorations, pots and pans, board games, baking spices, pudding mixes, a pair of rain…
When you live overseas as an expat for any significant amount of time, you miss out on things. New babies are born. You know about the baby, of course, but you aren’t there to bake cupcakes for the shower and bring balloons to the hospital and kiss those tiny curled-up fingers. Family members become ill. You pray, you call them, you cry; but aren’t there to pick up a few groceries for them at the store and hold their hand…
If you could live anywhere in the United States, where would you choose to live? Earlier this year, my husband Josh and I were faced with this question. We had been living in Asia, and it was clear God was moving us back to the States. But where in the States? Josh has his own internet company and works from home so our options were wide open. We pulled up a map of the United States and literally started praying…