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Tag: culture
Cultural Differences in The Relationships of Human Beings and Animals
The relationships between human beings and the animals we share our earth with vary tremendously. In North American and Western Europe many people relate to their dogs as though they were their children. Is this more often true for people who don’t have children?) In this blog I’ll share a few pictures of human beings…
What happens when differing cultures eat together?
When I was in Mozambique, back in May, the dynamics of hospitality and friendship in eating together struck me again. There is a unifying impact that happens when people of very different cultures sit together and one eats the food of the other. Yet, all through history people have been scorning other ethnicities’ foods: Jewish…
Being in Africa Again—Malawi in May
I’m here in Malawi to participate in an evaluation of our World Renew work, across the border, in Mozambique. Right now it’s Saturday afternoon; early Monday morning we will travel to Tete, Mozambique. I think t’s been about 10 years since the last time I was in Africa. I ask myself why it feels good…