A different daughter in law

Sometimes I grow weary of hearing folks complain about Mother-in-laws.  I know they aren’t often a bed of roses, but it’s good to hear about good ones once in awhile, especially the cross-cultural ones.  Amanda has a great post on her blog about dealing with meeting her future MIL.

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Raising kids in two cultures

Sandra Whitehead has an excellent article on parenthood.com about raising bi-cultural kids.  It’s the first in a series called Bicultural Families: Meeting the needs of raising children with two cultures.
Part 1: Meeting the Challenges of Raising Children With Two Cultures
Part 2: Helping Kids Embrace Both Cultures
Part 3: Stages of Cultural Identity
Part 4: How Bicultural [...]

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Urban Faith

There’s a new website recently launched called ‘Urban Faith’.
At UrbanFaith.com, we’ll interact about a variety of topics related to contemporary Christian life from an urban and multiethnic perspective. We hope to become your new online destination for relevant conversations about news, culture, and ideas.
Today, urban culture transcends racial boundaries and covers many different socio-economic backgrounds. [...]

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Change they could believe in

Ahhh…  it makes me glad to hear that sometimes human nature supercedes culture…
The Maldives elects a new president despite a bizarro-Obama scandal over his religion.
Some voters expressed fears of clashes between opposing camps after the results are released.
“Even though there weren’t any problems they will say there are,” said Mariyam Ameena, 31, a government worker. [...]

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Wild Surmise (this is beautiful)

I’m a sucker for beautifully written, meaningful works, and this one by Jennifer Mattern on how mothers attending to the little moments in life somehow connects us to the rest of the world tops the week, or maybe even the month.
Sophie and I went to the library.
Seven words.
Sophie and I went to the library.
Seven ordinary [...]

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“Why I am Hopeful”

Andy Crouch has a great article on the Christianity Today site about why he is hopeful for America in the midst of our economic instability. Here’s an excerpt:

I am not hopeful because I think we are well prepared for what is ahead of us. We are not. We are a terrifyingly unserious people, our heads [...]

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God’s Economy

(So I obviously don’t watch much TV, I just surf the web, write, and play around as evidenced by the multitude of posts today…  My husband passed me a great article tonight that’s a good way to close out the day.)
by Debra Dean Murphy
(Philippians 2:1-13) – There’s nothing like money troubles—ours or someone else’s—to get [...]

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Talking to my five-year-old about war

I woke up last night gripped by a deep fear. Unfortunately, such occurrences are somewhat common for me. Sometimes, the fears are completely irrational because I am over tired or stressed – Monkeys chasing me through a house of mirrors, my foot turning into a giant piece of chocolate. Sometimes, like last night, the [...]

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Sorting out motherhood…

Another area in which I live ‘between’ is motherhood.  I am both a stay-at-home and working mom.  For the past five years, I’ve worked from home nursing both a career and several children in between warming bottles and chicken nuggets.  I’ve found myself in Halee Gray Scott’s shoes more than once trying to reconcile my [...]

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Transracial Adoption: The Pros and Cons and Parents Perspective

This is a thorough, well researched article from the Harvard Law Review on transracial adoption.

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An open letter to a young republican

Without making too many assumptions about my political persuasions (though you could probably figure them out given a little digging…), give this article by Jelani Greenridge at Mixin’ It Up a glance.  It’s a needed plea to both republican and democrat Christians alike.

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In defense of community organizing

(In honor of my husband, whose field is community organization…)
Soong Chan Rah has a great post at God’s Politics in response to Sarah Palin’s snide remark on community organizing.

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Dancing on a Train

Author Linda Hargrove offers perspective on interracial marriage in the recent CNN special on race.

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Attitudes toward multiracial Americans evolving

Article in USA Today from June, 2008

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Hannah’s Lunchbox, a new American dream

Check out this remarkable story about a family who sold their home to help alleviate global poverty.  Here is their website.

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