February 11, 2014
Westerners who dared to travel to Sochi for the Olympics have been tweeting about the problems they’ve encountered in their hotel rooms. Things like rusty water; things which every Russian has to deal with every day. To Russians, it’s their life. And it’s not funny. My hackles rose when I read some of the tweets. […]
Read More →August 8, 2013
Some people actually come to my blog to find stories on Eastern Europe, current events as they relate to history. This post is for them. It will have nothing overtly to do with faith. Except that everything in life does. Every choice, every word, every action bubbles out of our internal values and our belief […]
Read More →July 16, 2013
If you ask school kids today what’s their least favorite subject, they often reply, “History.” Maybe they need a new teacher, because history can be packaged in a way that makes it fun to learn. A friend sent me a link to a Polish game that teaches history. Sensing a need for the younger generation […]
Read More →May 6, 2013
Yesterday, my friends in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia celebrated Easter. Five weeks after American Easter, it’s déjà vu all over again. Probably for the first time since I left Europe 13 years ago (and Romania 18 years ago), I forgot Orthodox Easter. It’s not like I ever do anything about it rather than write […]
Read More →October 10, 2011
My brain has had a work-out (rare these days) and I’m tired. I have spent the weekend at a nearby Romanian church for a homecoming with the strange name of “Barefoot.” About 400 Romanian expatriates descended in Hickory, North Carolina – coming from Georgia, Chicago, Florida, and Detroit – for three marathon days of praising […]
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