I was sitting in a café with a few teammates across from one of Berlin’s 1700 bridges. As we waited for our currywurst, we listened to the tolling of cathedral bells, resonating and disbursing into a complex and fascinating mist of harmonic overtones. Hundreds of people in the neighborhood were shuffling into the numerous cathedrals…
Month: June 2014
The “missionary call”
We were having lunch with a couple families and one of the young moms, who’s been wondering about global mission and knows our background as long-term mission workers, heard us refer to our “call” to cross-cultural ministry. She’d obviously heard such words numerous times in the past from various people, but it was clear that…
Icons and Images, windows and mirrors
I’ve spent a lot of time in art galleries, looking at “pictures.” I’ve also spent a lot of time in Orthodox cathedrals, looking at icons. Some people would not see a distinction between the two… but, as I’ve thought about it, they are so different that I think it might even be deceptive to call…
Mill Pond Porch 