by John Christopher Frame | Mar 24, 2019 | Misc., Religion, Tips
I’ve been thinking a lot about suffering – something that affects all of us in different ways. Some people suffer from illness, others from injustice, poverty, or any number of other causes, like being worried about the future. Sometimes, suffering jolts you from a...
by John Christopher Frame | Nov 24, 2018 | Religion, Tips, Turkey
My wife and I began reading the book of Ephesians yesterday – the next book in our daily reading through the New Testament. In the first chapter, the writer says a few words about how he prays for this group of Christians (in Ephesus, a place in southwest Turkey). In...
by John Christopher Frame | Jul 26, 2017 | Religion
Sitting at an outdoor cafe in my neighborhood in Istanbul, I drank sparkling water and finished my online Turkish lesson, as a large, white street dog lay near my feet. I perused Facebook and saw a live feed of a church service from a Church of God congregation I knew...
by John Christopher Frame | Mar 24, 2016 | Misc., Religion
A couple of years ago, my wife and I attended Holy Week services in our old neighborhood in England, at a church where chimes ring out each day from a tall bell tower. Inside, columns and arches frame each side of the nave, and a large, gold icon of the sitting,...
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 | Sep 19, 2015 | Leadership, Misc., Religion, Responsible living
This morning, I’ve thought: If I were to have a Life Make-over, what would it be like? To get from Here to There, what would it require? First, it would mean identifying what I don’t want in my life and then planning–and committing–to changing...
