

Holy Land
Home from the Holy Land and pondering the vast landscape of all that we encountered. What comes to mind is this: it’s amazing but it’s...


wow!
That’s about all I can say. Wow! I said it again. After only four days in Israel we have covered a great deal of territory, and I mean...


Jerusalem!
I am traveling in Israel this week with my husband and an amazing group of people doing research, going deep with our Lord on His home...


peace
I recently saw a bumper sticker that read: “peace becomes you”* - and I have to agree--it does. Having personally been in and out of...


half-right
What if you made 50 out of 100 on a test? Or McDonalds got half your order correct? Or someone only paid you half of what they owed you?...


WE the Church
My new favorite phrase: “WE the Church” !+ If this is true, that you and I are the “WE”--then I am deeply hopeful about the state of the...


bridge over troubled water
What a strange way to signify we believe in an all powerful God. I wear one around my neck (tucked into my blouse, next to my heart :). I...


gulps of good
Feel like you’re being “held under”? Need a big gulp of fresh air? With all the tragedy taking place in the Church--crimes, cover-ups and...


ablaze
I have spoken to many, cried with some and cursed with others. “It feels as if the House is on fire!” exclaimed a young seminarian. And I...


pray pray pray
After personally experiencing betrayal of trust on a deep level at a tender age and then again in a Protestant church scandal while in...