The second option, the cosmopolitan of never quite being at home, is the one that seems closer to the oft-forgotten/ignored Christian calling of being a "stranger and pilgrim" (Hebrews 11:13, I Peter 2:11). I have had the privilege, in my journeys, of being part of an even more diverse group of nations than Yawada envisioned, with only one thing in common between us, a calling to serve others, and never felt more at home.
The second option, the cosmopolitan of never quite being at home, is the one that seems closer to the oft-forgotten/ignored Christian calling of being a "stranger and pilgrim" (Hebrews 11:13, I Peter 2:11). I have had the privilege, in my journeys, of being part of an even more diverse group of nations than Yawada envisioned, with only one thing in common between us, a calling to serve others, and never felt more at home.
I think at some level that is the truest and best way to manage.
Sounds like a commentary on Acts 17:26-28.
Sehnsucht.