Strength for the journey, no matter where we travel
The dictionary defines "biannual" as 1) occurring twice per year or 2) occurring every two years. Honestly, I never set out for either to be true. However, looking over the last few entries, either definition is fitting...and neither of them are suitable to me. There was a time when I wrote online daily. Now, my …
Mint, dill, and cumin "Woe to you........................! For you tithe mint, dill, & cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others."Matthew 23:23 NRSV Jesus' words are incredibly striking, in light of everything going on in the …
Greetings, my Friends! Two years is a long time to be absent. (Did you miss me? I missed you.) So much has happened in the two years since my last post from Israel! So many bridges crossed and new paths discovered. Graduation from seminary. A cross-country move from Washington, DC to Waco, TX for my first …
For those of you who may have wondered where I went, since I haven't written each day, we've been SO MANY places and seen SO MANY things! We've been blessed with the wonderful curse of having days that have been incredibly full. Let me do a bit of catch up. First, this is a college …
"In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country" (Luke 1:39) It is merely the beginning of our journey and that one verse is forever changed, for me! Mary went to the "hill country" to visit Elizabeth and Zechariah. Ein Karem or Ein Kerem...no matter how …
Over the centuries many walls have been built, torn down, rebuilt, torn down...ad infinitum. Some things can't be rebuilt. One of those things is the Temple. When we read the Old Testament, we hear that David will not get to build the Temple but that his son, Solomon, will (2 Samuel 7:1-17) and does (1 …
Every journey begins somewhere. Our class today was about understanding beginnings, and new beginnings, and even newer beginnings. You see, no matter the journey, it starts somewhere. With this journey, it was first important for us to understand the geography of the area before learning the history and stories. We had an amazing first glance …
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Having spent the night in the northern West Bank city of Nablus (the Biblical city of Shechem), I was afforded the opportunity to meet my friend's Sunday school class and join them as they toured the Mount of Olives. It may only be 39 miles between the two cities however, our journey there took nearly …
It seems that the only time I'm not nearly as bothered by the shorter amount of daylight is when I'm flying. There is something that thrills me when I get to see the Capital Mall all lit up and waiting for people to come see the monuments at night. This was my view as I …
During my time in catechumenate at Grace Church many years ago with Mother Michele, my classmate and I would often say to her, “Now here’s a stupid church question for you…” Mother Michele would always do her best to assure us that there were no stupid questions and then answer our query. Part of my …
"Krafting" Bridges 