May 12, 2017 | Personal Blog
What comes to mind when you think of retreat? On our second touring day in Israel, we went to the place Jesus chose for retreat. Caesarea Philippi was the chief city twenty five miles or so north of the Sea of Galilee, into the Golan Heights, near the source of the...
May 11, 2017 | Personal Blog
I was planning to blog tonight about a heavier subject- about the fascinating/weird place Jesus took the disciples on retreat and what it had to do with the famous question he asked Peter. So why is my featured photo one of a street bread cart in Jerusalem? You can...
May 6, 2017 | Personal Blog
Look! Traveling Baby Jesus found his mama! Boy, did he ever. During our first day of our pilgrimage in Israel, we hung out with a whole legion of Marys in his hometown, Nazareth. (Hang with me and you’ll see what I mean.) But first we did a tour of the town...
May 2, 2017 | Personal Blog
I had no idea what a pilgrimage looked like. I’d never been on one before, unless you count my pilgrimage a couple years ago to Mood – the mother of all hip fabric stores- the one made famous by the television show, Project Runway, in New York City. But a...
Mar 30, 2017 | Personal Blog
This week I’m sharing posts I wrote years ago about the people I got to know and love through Meals on Wheels. Today, meet my friend Jerry. Jerry’s waited for me on his back porch every other Wednesday for nearly five years now, so I know exactly what to expect...
Mar 27, 2017 | Personal Blog
When I heard last week that the Trump administration had released a budget plan that would eliminate funding for the Community Development Block Grant program, which provides partial funding for local Meals on Wheels groups, I wanted to shake someone. For over 12...