Tag: identity
How many times have I heard these questions? 🗺️ Where are you from? No, where are you really from? “Where are you from?” This seemingly straightforward question quickly becomes messy when you ask a second‑generation migrant or third‑culture individual. I reflect on my own encounters with this question and how the gospel provides a starting point for a new identity. As a child, my school friends were largely caucasian. As a teenager, my friendship group grew in cultural diversity. Throughout university, I mixed with people from every inhabited continent. Yet, over the years, the question is still asked. “Where are you from?” And…
I’m an Australian-born Cambodian-Chinese (aka ABC). I have thick, black hair; dark brown eyes; and a fairly tanned skin tone. No, this isn’t a dating advert, but it’s a pretty standard description for most South-East Asians. It’s almost a month since my family and I moved to Taiwan to serve here with OMF International. One of the challenges of living and ministering in Taiwan is my Asian appearance. If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, stay with me. The locals If I walk down the street on my own, Taiwanese locals will look at me and they don’t think anything…
Recently, I was a participant in the great Boxing Day sales! Not being an avid shopper or in need of anything in particular, you might wonder why I was there. Well, to the disbelief of some, I was there to catch up with friends. Walking around, shopping for a few hours…plenty of time to talk and catch up. Anyhow, I arrived promptly at 7am at Chadstone Shopping Centre to discover my friends had only just woken up. Fair enough, we had a late night before, anyway…moving on. With some time to myself, I journeyed the Fashion Capital to explore the…
