Minneke’s Musings

My first experience of the third world was a result of my own first world problem… “Mum, I need an ipod”. That's what I told her when I was 15. She was horrified. She grew up in a time when…

I want to share two stories, about two different eagles…There was once an eagle that had been flying for a long distance and was very tired. Afraid of predators if he landed to rest on the land somewhere, he spotted…

One morning when we were out walking along a bush path near our home here in New Zealand, David suddenly stopped as he saw some familiar flowers. “These make great tea!” he said, “they help cool the body.”They sounded great,…

One day I sat and pondered…What would Jesus look like if He walked the earth today?Would he have an iPhone, or no phone at all?Would He have a Facebook account, an Instagram, an e-mail address?Would He wear blue jeans, or…

One night, my husband told our kids a Chinese story at bedtime. It went something like this…There was a man who lived near a bamboo forest. He liked to walk in the forest, and often cut down some of the…

A poem of sorts written about a Third Culture Kid’s* journey, and the Christian faith pilgrimage… It’s strange… Feeling more at home on an aeroplane, Or in an airport, Feeling more at home between worlds, Over international waters… Or perhaps…