On True Love
I used to hate Valentine’s Day as a single. I thought it was ostracizing, isolating, embarrassing, excluding. A holiday about love… that makes you feel like that? No thanks! As a happily married person, I still feel myse...
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Author & Speaker
Bowing Low
Rejecting the Idols Around Us to Worship the Living God
Seeing the idols in another culture revealed the idols in my own.
A 300-foot golden stupa covered with pure gold plates. At the top, visible only by a telescope: a giant 76-karat diamond surrounded by thousands of diamonds, precious stones, and jewels...
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Bowing Low Workbook
A Meditative Bible Study
Do you long for a Bible study that goes deeper?
The Bowing Low Workbook is a rich invitation to explore the seven idols to which the American culture bows and the Biblical truths that will tear them down...
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When We Called Myanmar Home
A cross-cultural journey of joy, loss, grief, and hope.
The children of Julie Jean Francis love their life in Southeast Asia. They wake with the sun and eat fried rice for breakfast...
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T is for Thailand
A Thailand ABC Adventure Book
Embark on a vibrant journey through Thailand with this delightful ABC book! Perfect for young explorers, this guide introduces the wonders of the Land of Smiles, one letter at a time...
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About Julie Jean
Julie Jean Francis has lived in Southeast Asia since 2012, serving among a large, unreached people group with her husband of 18 years. Together, they raise their seven Third Culture Kids.
With a heart deeply attuned to the spiritual journey, Julie is passionate about spiritual formation, nurturing children, and writing about the longing for home. Her life is marked by a deep connection to the power of the Word and God's faithfulness in the midst of hardship.
Julie finds renewal in nature and worship, where her soul finds rest in the quiet moments. Through her writing and speaking, Julie seeks to offer encouragement and insight for those walking the delicate balance of life between two worlds.
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It happened today
It happened today. I saw him and took pity. Old and overweight. A dirty T-shirt and cheap Walmart velcro shoes. He carried an old metal folding chair. Shuffling slowly across the street, he opened the door of the Taco Be...
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Are we so different? separated and disconnected Could it not happen to me? conveniently vaccinated against suffering Is the line between us so bold and impermeable? oceans meeting, never mixing Are our situations so diff...
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