32 episodes
TCK VOF Cru
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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Welcome to the Third Culture Kids Virtual Online Forum. TCK is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ culture(s). We hope the TCK VOF to be a place that brings Cross Cultural Kids, especially TCKs, in the US and abroad together by learning from each other's stories, and challenge one another to think deeper on how our cross-cultural component of our lives is tied to our faith.
Brought to you by Cru. Cru is a caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ. Cover art credited to Michael Tompsett.
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Bonus Episode 3: A Voice in God's Silence
*** Please note that this episode contains depictions of violence that some people may find disturbing
In this episode, we discuss with Mokoto Fujimura his book Beauty and Silence, a part memoir, part art exploration, and part reflection on the book Silence. Silence is set in the 17th century about two Portuguese Jesuit priests who traveled to Japan, a country hostile to their faith. The priests were captured and eventually forced to witness unimaginable cruelties that tested their own faith. The author of Silence Shusaku Endo grew up in Manchuria and Japan.
Mokoto Fujimura graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell University, then studied in a traditional Japanese painting doctorate program for several years at Tokyo University of the Arts. His bicultural arts education led his style towards a fusion between fine art and abstract expressionism, together with the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga and Kacho-ga. Fujimura’s art has been featured widely in galleries and museums around the world. As a Japanese American, Mr. Fujimura grew up in Sweden, Japan, and the US.
More information on Mr. Fujimura's new book Art + Faith: A Theology of Making: https://culturecarecreative.com/
More information on the book Silence and Beauty: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D1NCYVA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music:
Eastern Thought by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3692-eastern-thought
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Picture: https://images.app.goo.gl/dpF9pQsg2haHqthY6
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3.12 TCKs from Families who Fled Wars
*** Please note that this episode contains depictions of violence that some people may find disturbing
As we wrap up Season Three, we are moving to harder topics in the walk as a Christ-follower. In this episode, we sat down and talked to three TCKs from families who fled wars. How has involuntary migration in the past affected them and their family? Is the country that their parents are originally from still at war? How does their faith help them build resilience?
Panelists: Pawku Ju, Nindeba Espoir, and Makda Negussie with Jonathan Walthour as your interviewer.
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music:
At Rest by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3388-at-rest
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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3.11 TCK and Spirituality
In this episode, we invited three TCKs of three spiritual believes (Hindu, Muslim, and Christ follower) on the impact of global mobility in their own personal lives. How do they feel like being a TCK has affected the way they understand the world? What is their spiritual belief and do they feel like it has influenced the way they understand their TCKness? How do they feel like their spirituality has influenced the way they view the world?
Panelist: Shorya, Mouayad, Anna Li with Elizabeth Norvell as your interviewer.
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music
The Vendetta by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/58628 Ft: Apoxode
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3.10 TCKs as missionaries: Overseas
Our TCKs and Careers series ends with this episode talking to three TCKs who chose to become missionaries overseas. What led them to become missionaries? What effect does growing up cross-culturally have on their ministry in both a positive and negative way? In what ways have their organization/themselves helped them grow their spiritual walk while on the mission field?
Panelist: Erica Kienzle, Meghan Posey, Tami Gaddis with Jonathan Walthour as your interviewer.
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music:
Child by Jeris (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/61341 Ft: shimoda
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3.9 TCKs as missionaries: in Passport Country
We continue our TCKs and Careers series by talking to three people who chose to become missionaries in their passport countries. What led them to become a missionary out of college? What effect did growing up cross-culturally have on their ministry in both a positive and negative way? What have they done to ensure that they ministry stays ministry and fought burnout?
Panelists: Elizabeth Norvell, Rachel McCarthy, and Lizzy Sullivan with Jonathan Walthour as your interviewer.
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music:
Valse Gymnopedie by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7928-valse-gymnopedie
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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3.8 Alternative Career Path Other Than College After High School
After talking to three TCKs on their careers after 30, we invited another group of TCKs in their 30s. They have taken a road less traveled and chosen an alternative career path other than college after they graduated from high school. This episode is dedicated to those in their late teens or early 20s who are thinking or chose that route for their journeys. That life stage can be confusing in general while making some big life decisions so we hope this episode could be of use.
Panelists: Joe Davis, Joel Winget, and Joey Campanello with Anna Li as your interviewer.
Visit our blog for more details on the interviewer and interviewees at https://tckvof.wordpress.com/
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/tck_vof/
Music:
preamble by airtone (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/61579
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Customer Reviews
A wonderful look into TCK life
Thank you so much for putting on this podcast! I have loved listening to people from all over the globe and their experiences on how their blend of cultures have changed and shaped them. I especially loved listening to the episode that featured refugees and children of refugees. It was so powerful listening to their stories and gave me a lot of compassion and understanding.
So Insightful
A safe and enlightening group of guests give vocabulary to better understand my adult kids’ journeys as TCKs. Well facilitated, thoughtfully faith-affirming, and fun.