From the archives, circa 2013... oh so many lifetimes ago. December 27, 2013 I spent the last two hours cleaning off my cell phone so...

Tired of hearing his mom complain about being single and alone, in 2003 her son encouraged her to put an ad in the paper for a mate. She...

after learning to ask for what I need, the next steps in my #CaminodeSantiago pilgrimage taught me about provision and grace

Wearing every stitch of clothing I brought on the hike, including three pairs of socks, a wool shirt, pants, leggings and a jacket still...

September 29, 2021 Shared dinner with a mate from my hostel tonight, a fella named James from Ireland. We talked about stereotypes...

Littering as Much as Possible Finally, we’re to the littering portion of today’s talk. I didn’t litter. In fact, I carried an empty Diet...

A three-part review of starting my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage September 28, 2021 Part 1: Pursuing Purgatory Points, Hushing Protestant...

Crossing the ocean by myself, arriving in Madrid, spending eight hours in the city solo, finding the train station and navigating...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 11, 2012 We had a wonderful, joyous morning in Bethlehem and are...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 10, 2012 "My home is yours," he said as we walked down the cement...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 7, 2012 The name "Gethsemane" derives from the Hebrew and Aramaic...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 6, 2012 Trying to put today into words robs it of its beauty. It...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 3, 2012 It's just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday in Bethlehem, and...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 2, 2012 I am struggling with something, wrestling with it really....

Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally posted October 2, 2012 Super cool fact I learned today that I never knew: Abraham climbed Mt....

October 1, 2012 (morning) It's been a delightful morning in Bethlehem. When we walked to the store to buy some supplies, I saw men baking...

Part 4 of Honeymoon of the Heart, a revisiting to the Holy Land 2012 By the time we passed our third gas station, and after having...

Part 3 of Honeymoon of the Heart, a 2012 trip to the land called "Holy" Invited on this Honeymoon of the Heart with my cobbled-together...

To kick off my blog, I am going to step back into the vault of both my writings and my heart to take you with me on a journey to a place...

A visit to Ephesus, Turkey, and a journey into wide-eyed wonder