by John Christopher Frame | Dec 21, 2015 | Culture, Leadership, Learning
Steve Harvey’s mistake–naming the wrong contestant as Miss Universe 2015–was something we all cringed at. We all felt bad for everybody involved, including Steve Harvey. But there are 3 key takeaways from this snafu that I think we can all benefit...
by John Christopher Frame | Dec 15, 2015 | Cambodia, Learning, Religion, Responsible living
When we lived in Cambodia, sometimes my wife and I ventured out for evening desserts. Occasionally, we bought them from a woman who set up a table each night in the open-air market a block from our apartment. One evening, I selected sticky rice from her selection of...
by John Christopher Frame | Dec 3, 2015 | Leadership, Learning, Misc., Turkey
Every morning last month I attended a Turkish course at a language school in Istanbul. Toward the end of the course, I learned that there would be a final exam on the last day. All month, I had completed most of my homework and studied when I could. But as I realized...
by John Christopher Frame | Nov 11, 2015 | Culture, Misc., Responsible living
On Saturday morning, I woke up to find a picture at the top of my Facebook homepage that reminded me of something from six years ago. My roommates and I had taken funny pictures around the old La-Z-Boy recliner in our kitchen. It was like our Christmas card family...
by John Christopher Frame | Oct 9, 2015 | Culture, Misc., Responsible living, Turkey
Waiting at the water department in Istanbul, my wife was number 30 in line. After she was there for a while, the office closed for lunch. And everybody waited longer. Someone made a comment about the dysfunctions of bureaucracies in “Muslim countries,” and...
