Rachel Conley
A Day in the Lice
I woke up late and was in a hurry getting Jonah ready for school. He was grumpy because he had to go to school, but Evie didn’t. He was...
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Word Between Worlds
Sharing personal stories of faith, life, and cross-cultural living in the USA.
Rachel Conley
Oct 156 min read
Unbroken Spirit: Our Friends from the Persecuted Church
------- “C’est vrai, Roshelle?” Lilly asked me, showing me a news story on her phone about hurricane Milton, set to make landfall later...
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Rachel Conley
Aug 256 min read
Evie Skates {Lessons in Letting Go}
If you know my husband and I, then you know we are opposites. And never is this more apparent than in our styles of parenting. I accuse...
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Rachel Conley
Aug 103 min read
Jane Austin Stole My Pen!
"But for my own part, if a book is well-written, I always find it too short." - Austin My dearest husband, I shall now endeavor to...
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Rachel Conley
Jul 116 min read
All The World's A Stage (and I forgot my pants)!
Being in ministry requires an uncomfortable level of self-promotion. I have to speak in front of churches and other groups and explain...
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Rachel Conley
May 126 min read
Nails, Snails, and Emergency Oranges
{Memoirs of a Tired Mom} I need to wash my face. I keep forgetting I’m wearing makeup - purple lipstick and yellow eyeshadow - and I...
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Rachel Conley
Feb 37 min read
The Lutskiy's Story
Ana and Eugene Lutskiy are opposites. Eugene has the charismatic and gregarious personality that you might expect from a social media...
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Rachel Conley
Oct 7, 20236 min read
It's Russian to Me
A lesson on cross-cultural communication Last year, my friend, Gwen, and I took a small group of North African friends camping. It was...
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Rachel Conley
Sep 4, 20236 min read
The Philly Woman
I complain about Philly. I whine about crime, drugs, noise, traffic, and jab at the wayward manners of northerners. Philadelphians often...
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Rachel Conley
May 30, 20238 min read
To the City of Brotherly Love (A reflection on 3 years...)
Three years ago, we were sitting inside a mostly empty rental house in Texas, awaiting our return to South Africa with suitcases packed....
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Rachel Conley
Jan 6, 20237 min read
Fun with Syrians: Teach a Man to Fish (Economics 101)
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese proverb I arrived at the...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 29, 20224 min read
Taco Learns a Lesson
Scientific research says that dogs are good for mental health. They improve your levels of dopamine and serotonin and are clinically...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 26, 20226 min read
Fun with Syrians: Sharing a Meal (part one)
*** Fun with Syrians is a series to be written by both me and Chris to share our experiences among refugees. We hope it will make you...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 18, 20224 min read
Meditations on the Incarnation: Thoughts of a Doula
***Warning: graphic birth content*** This will be the second year in a row that I have a client due on Christmas. In our recent prenatal...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 12, 20223 min read
If Dante Had a Root Canal
If Dante had been more creative in his satirical classic, The Divine Comedy, he would have invented a 10th circle of hell, where people...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 10, 20224 min read
Why We Got a Dog.
My son, Jonah, just has so much love to give. He’s incredibly nurturing but he has no recipients to receive his abundance of affection....
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Rachel Conley
Dec 7, 20225 min read
An Algerian Occasion (And other thoughts on womanhood).
Algerian women love to dress up. All women do, I think. But North African cultures take this to the next level. Of course, I didn’t know...
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Rachel Conley
Dec 2, 20225 min read
The Banya
Working cross-culturally here in the USA, I'm always giving invitations and looking for ways to create community. So, when one of my...
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