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“we don’t speak a language, we speak normal!”

May 28th, 2018 | 1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Our family lived down the road from Shelvis and Nancy Smith-Mather when I worked in South Sudan, and we were enormously blessed to be their neighbors and friends. They, like us, have had to relocate and are now doing peacebuilding work in Northern Uganda among South Sudanese refugees. This conversation between Nancy and her daughter was an interesting jumping-off point for thoughts on race, language, and raising kids:

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew Loftus teaches and practices Family Medicine in Baltimore and East Africa. His work has been featured in Christianity Today, Comment, & First Things and he is a regular contributor for Christ and Pop Culture. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.MatthewAndMaggie.org