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Tag Archives: cultural exchange
Varanasi: karma catching up
Varanasi. A place where they say your karma catches up to you. A place where they say if you die, you are released from the cycle of birth, life, death, rebirth. Freed. It is intense, this place where people come … Continue reading
Posted in India, Varanasi
Tagged Banaras, burning ghats, Christianity, City of Light, cultural exchange, Death, Future, Hinduism, Transitions, Varanasi
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Koetchapari Lake
August 2010 Jon and I relatively quickly took our leave from Pelling, taking another jeep a couple of hours to Koetchapari Lake. We had had a friend on our study abroad trip who had done her Independent Study Project here, … Continue reading
Posted in India, Sikkim
Tagged Buddhism, cultural exchange, fiddle-head ferns, Friends, Himalayan leeches, Koetchapari Lake, Mountains, photographs, Tara, Tara footprint, Travel
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Sikkim Adventures: Pelling
Early August, 2010 From Kalimpong, Jonathan and I did indeed venture on to Sikkim. We took a jeep to Pelling – a little town nestled in the hills. There we ventured to the Pemayangtse Monastery and then stopped at a … Continue reading
Posted in India, Sikkim
Tagged cultural exchange, Mountains, Nepali language, Pelling, Pemayangtse Monastery, photographs, Sikkim, Travel
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Kalimpong Homecoming (and Pedong)
8August, 2010 I am in Kalimpong currently. Jon and I had a visit with our host families. Interesting, and in some ways more challenging than I expected. So good to be back, of course. My aamaa said it was like … Continue reading
Posted in Darjeeling District, India
Tagged cultural exchange, Family, Friends, home, Host families, Kalimpong, Pedong, photographs, Study Abroad, Travel
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More on Vipassana
August 5, 2010 I am supposed to be meditating. but so many thoughts run through my mind. My mouth is silent, but my mind, well, my mind is not so easy to silence. It will take more than simple determination. … Continue reading
Posted in Kathmandu, Nepal
Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, cultural exchange, Future, Kathmandu, Nepal, photographs, Pluralism, transformation, Travel, Vipassana Meditation
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My First Sermon Ever: “Made in the Image of God”
Thandiwe Gobledale February 24, 2010 “Made in the image of God” A reading from Genesis 1 verses 26-27, a selection “26 Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness… 27 So God created humankind … Continue reading
The eve of 25
June 6, 2009 Dear Mum and Dad, Hi! Ah life. I am so happy and settled and busy. There’s so much to do and the time just seems full full full with all that is right in front of me. … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepali village, Seminary, United States of America
Tagged Correspondence, cultural exchange, Family, Friends, Future, home, Kathmandu, Nepal, seminary, Transition, trekking
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Return from Solu Khumbu and Khotang
June 1, 2009 Hi Gracie, How are you? It has been such a long time! I just got back from my trip out to the field (on May 30th) and have been busy with work each day since with hardly a … Continue reading
Posted in Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepali village
Tagged Correspondence, cultural exchange, development work, dZi Foundation, Friends, Gudel, Kathmandu, Khotang, love, Mountains, Nepal, Solukhumbu, Sotang, Travel, trekking
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How is God revealed?
As I go back and look at the letters I wrote several years ago, I find that some of the most important reflecting and writing that I was doing was in the form of application essays to seminaries. Applying to … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, San Francisco, Seminary, South Africa, Tamil Nadu, India, United States of America, Zimbabwe
Tagged Christianity, creative writing, cultural exchange, Family, Friends, Future, home, Ministry, Pluralism, Prayer, seminary application, Southern Africa, Tamil Nadu, transformation, Union Theological Seminary
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Remembering: The Boy with the Tikka
I open my eyes. Barely. The world fills with light and dark objects moving around in it. I feel tempted to keep my eyes open and study this new world I have discovered, but the eye doctor instructed me to … Continue reading
Posted in India, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India, Theological Reflection
Tagged cultural exchange, Pluralism, Tamil Nadu
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