by Jim McIntosh | Jul 23, 2013 | Church, Crosscultural |
[fb_import_img url=”https://jmc.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fb_import_intg_1374858169_26742.jpg” class=”lightbox” ] In the book of Ecclesiastes, the author says that there is a time for everything under heaven, including “a time to be silent,...
by Jim McIntosh | Jun 29, 2013 | Church, Crosscultural |
[fb_import_img url=”https://jmc.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fb_import_intg_1374858500_8295-1-1.jpg” class=”lightbox” ] A comment by my dear Franciscan brother, Dan Horan, on the DOMA decision: “Wednesday’s decisions, as best I can tell,...
by Jim McIntosh | Nov 23, 2010 | Crosscultural, Observations |
This TSA controversy over invasive searches has reached hilarious heights with protesters threatening to disrupt air traffic during the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The fact is that US citizens want zero risk with only minimal impact on them personally. This is an...
by Jim McIntosh | Nov 11, 2009 | Bolivia, Camiri, Crosscultural, Observations |
I went down this morning to visit the bishop emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia, who is slowly dying. He is 75 and turned over his apostolic vicariate (like a diocese) to the new bishop about a month ago. It seems like only a short time ago that I’d see him wheeling...
by Jim McIntosh | Jan 15, 2009 | Crosscultural, Observations |
Here’s a good article from the Los Angeles Times titled “Coming home to a new America” about reverse culture shock — that is, the shock of returning to one’s home country after being away for some...
by Jim McIntosh | Oct 4, 2007 | Bolivia, Cochabamba, Crosscultural, Observations |
I recently read a blog entry a gentleman wrote about the shock he had visiting London after a year in Bolivia. I have always found reverse culture shock to be much worse than the initial culture shock one experiences going to a new place. I suppose that’s...
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