tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post3587823737829119339..comments2022-03-28T10:35:49.338+03:00Comments on Missionary Mom's Companion: Tuesday Topic: Media perspectivePhyllishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529794989164847124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-76895357503565519572014-08-14T08:31:51.439+03:002014-08-14T08:31:51.439+03:00Thanks for the link Richelle! I think what you are...Thanks for the link Richelle! I think what you are both saying is great. My perspective differs a lot, particularly with recent news about El Salvador, because I live here and understand the "other side." Sometimes I just want to say nothing but I actually got brave enough to write a blog post about it, and several people thanked me for my opinion so I think it is worthwhile to share our thoughts, but it's still a tough balance. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635515667706146459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-44281345240867158512014-08-07T04:52:22.822+03:002014-08-07T04:52:22.822+03:00the post at a life overseas today actually touches...the post at a life overseas today actually touches on this same question: http://www.alifeoverseas.com/when-people-hate-my-home/<br /><br />Lindsey Lautsbaugh, the author of the post, gives some great suggestions.Richelle Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083189929795613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-27375501855297569802014-08-05T19:19:56.591+03:002014-08-05T19:19:56.591+03:00My perspective has changed so much. My dad literal...My perspective has changed so much. My dad literally stopped talking to me for awhile over my differing perspective on what happened in Benghazi a few years back. One of the gifts of being an expat IS that differing perspective. Once you love a place and its people, the American perspective no longer shines so brightly that others can't be seen. It is painful for me to listen to people disparage those who practice Islam... or group them all with terrorists. But I do understand because I was once there. I do engage and I try to focus on differences versus right/wrong - leave any convicting of a need to change or modify perspectives up to the Holy Spirit. But in that engagement, I try and remember that God commands us to pursue a spirit of unity, not of dispute and disagreement. <br /><br />I don't know... does that actually respond to your question?Richelle Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083189929795613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-82388111513969291232014-08-05T14:22:24.911+03:002014-08-05T14:22:24.911+03:00I find that my perspective on news and events is v...I find that my perspective on news and events is very different from that of almost everyone I know in America. Mainly I have to step back from discussing and sometimes even following the news. I get too upset myself, and I'm afraid that I could distance people, if I said (wrote) what I really think. So, I guess that my answer is that I just don't engage much at all. I do rant to my husband!<br /><br />Maybe I should get involved more often?Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529794989164847124noreply@blogger.com