I had a few spare minutes before driving to work this morning, so I picked up the book that I was too tired to finish last night: Etty Hillisum: An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork. Etty Hillisum was a Jewish young woman, an avid reader, a tutor in Russian, who lived in the Netherlands. The book is her diary and collection of letters of her last … [Read more...] about A balm for all wounds
Archives for March 2013
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
You know how some people have additions to their person that they can’t leave home without? My son once had a red baseball cap for a couple for a couple of years that he wore almost constantly. A couple of guys in our congregation simply can’t worship May through September unless they are wearing their Hawaiian shirts. Moses had his walking stick.I guess he … [Read more...] about Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Where I come from
I have been participating in a Lenten retreat with Jan Richardson. This week the theme involves thinking about stories, including our personal stories. This is a piece of my story, much is left out, based on my growing up years. Of course, it is also based on a few threads of the story that I happen to be thinking about today. What from my childhood … [Read more...] about Where I come from