Reverse culture shock is a tough experience to go through. We went through it when we returned to America after leaving Ireland for about a year. Everything was “wrong” and we didn’t want to let go of the traits we had picked up on while living outside of our culture. Eventually it wore off and people stopped making fun of the way that we were pronouncing things. Musings from a French-Fried Texan has a great article today on Reverse Culture Shock having returned to Texas for a short time while away from their home in France. It’s a funny, resonating read and a little painful. The next time you’re around a missionary going through this, give them a hug, offer a prayer, and just listen to them. (via missionaryconfidential.com)

You don’t normally experience a church in silence together unless it’s at a funeral but Mark Dever over at 9Marks explains why sitting in silence a little each week might be a good practice to adopt.

Is unifying a language as widely spoken as Portuguese a good thing? Daniel Mingas, dean of Higher Institute of Education Sciences in Luanda Angola, believes that it is. Portuguese, like English is spread out over large distances and spoken by millions and millions of people but cultural styles persist. Should cultures dictate the spelling of a particular language or should there be a unified spelling?

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