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 | Sep 18, 2016 | Travel, Turkey
Here is a short video my wife and I put together of our afternoon adventure from Asia to Europe and back–all in the great city of Istanbul, Turkey.
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 | 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...
by John Christopher Frame | May 6, 2015 | Religion, Turkey
I was talking with someone recently about botched justice: when someone deserving punishment doesn’t really get it. That’s the unfortunate reality for many places in the world–some people aren’t punished accurately. This person said that, when...
by John Christopher Frame | Apr 27, 2015 | Culture, Religion, Turkey
Every year on April 23, thousands of Turks board ferries and make their way to the largest island off the coast of Istanbul. Many of them purchase a spool of colorful thread from vendors lining the cobblestone path to the top of a high peak, and they unravel the spool...
