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	Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging 4.16 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serving Well: Help for the Wannabe, Newbie, or Weary Cross-cultural Christian Worker by Jonathan Trotter (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Trotter, Marilyn R. Gardner (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.48 avg rating — 67 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worlds Apart: A Third Culture Kid's Journey by Marilyn R. Gardner (Goodreads Author), Rachel Pieh Jones (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Life Intercepted

by Charles Martin (Goodreads Author)

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Having and Being Had

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Against the Loveless World

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“Behind every third culture kid is a parent — a parent who wishes, hopes, and prays that they are doing the right thing.”
― Marilyn R. Gardner, Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging

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“When pieces are lost, we struggle to find them again. When you move a lot it is easy to place your security in things, to begin to idolize place. Where was God in all this? We had to learn that God was permanent despite our impermanence. We had to find God in the pieces, stepping out in faith that there would be a new community that could come along side us, that could help us put together the pieces. As a mom I had to learn that even all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put the pieces together. It had to be God. It has to be God.”
― Marilyn R. Gardner, Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging

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“Ah, yes... but I have saudade. I have that longing for something that “does not and cannot exist.” I know that it cannot be. And on my good days, it is well hidden under the culture and costume of which I am now living. But on my more difficult days, it struggles to find voice only to find that explaining is too difficult.”
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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
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“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.”
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“The Migration helped other people of color—the later arrivals from Asia, South and Central America, and the Middle East—whose worlds opened up further as the country liberalized its views of diversity. The Migration exposed white Americans outside the South to black culture and created an opportunity—much of it missed—to bridge the races in the New World.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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“I wear two ambassadorial hats, actually three. In the US, it’s: “That’s not true, Islam is a peaceful religion. That’s not true, Pakistan is a beautiful country.” And in Pakistan: “That is not true. It is not America’s fault.”
― Sabeeha Rehman, Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim

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“In my search for smallness, I’m finding the kingdom of God one inch above the ground.”
― Emily P. Freeman, Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World

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