Luke 19:28-40 Right before I left Louisiana to fly to Spain I watched a video in which author Anne Lamott quoted spiritualist Ram Dass saying, “when it is all said and done, we’re all just walking each other home.” That is Dass’s way, I think, of expressing the meaning of life and the direction in… Continue reading Moving Toward Something Particular

2 Corinthians 11:21b-33 I’ve been tired today. Jet lagged, a little bothered by the heat which is horrible in Madrid right now, trying to get my bearings and continue to take care of details as they pop up has all combined to wear me out. Yes, I made it to Spain and my hotel, which… Continue reading If I Must Boast

Deuteronomy 30:11-20 I’m sitting in an airport waiting to begin a trip that will take me to “the other side of the sea.” So today’s reading from Deuteronomy seems very appropriate. The wonder of modern travel has turned the previously incomprehensible — a trans-oceanic trip — into something entirely commonplace. People travel from one side… Continue reading Across the Sea