When The Road Rises up to Meet You

When The Road Rises up to Meet You

Eifel, Germany This morning before breakfast, George and I watched George Verwer on Youtube. Watch George Verwer’s video about “A Garland For Ashes” He had alerted us that he would feature A Garland for Ashes in his weekly blog. And to anyone in the...
Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree

Today’s news, hate filled words,, lies and contempt, images of cruel, violent acts, wound my heart, wound each of our hearts. They evoke yearning… longing for justice, truth, goodness. Faint echoes of Johnny Cash’s song When the Man Comes Around  seep into my mind. He...
Edith, Thomas, and Abraham

Edith, Thomas, and Abraham

“Abraham and the Three Angels” by Marc Chagall | 1966 Three Jews, connected by heritage, separated by history, linked by their responses to a radical call…to trust, to rely on their Lord. Abraham left his family, his culture not knowing his destination and look what...
And It Was Night

And It Was Night

The Place of Departure. Looking at the train track, Köln-Deutz railway station, April 11, 2010. Have you ever felt surrounded by inner and outer darkness and suddenly, you glimpse a light? It is both Passover and Holy Week as I write, and I’m remembering the past, the...
Deracinate

Deracinate

Deracinate /dēˈrasəˌnāt/ verb Definition: Uproot someone from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment. A word in popular usage 200 years ago. George and I spent yesterday morning at the Desert Botanical Garden here in Phoenix. It is the season of...