Category: Choice
Pizza Obama
We pass by this pizza shop in Jerusalem almost everyday. Wayne talked to the shop owner about the name. He thought it was a great idea to name his new restaurant “Pizza Obama” when Obama won the election with such pizzazz last year. But it seems his place has suffered with the low popularity of…
Bird’s-Eye View
We are getting a bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem.
Vertigo
I took this photo in Jerusalem on our visit last spring. It is the best word that describes my life right now. Along with packing for Israel, we are renting our house for one year to dear friends. So… we have been preparing a clean and welcome living space for our renters as well. This…
Mother…
A dear Guatemalan friend of ours, Pepe, owns 11 restaurants in town and reserved a room for us in one of his places. The family took several buses to get to us. Most of Julia’s siblings were able to come… all but one brother that was working. Of course one of the most touching moments…
‘My Sister’s Keeper’… a Keeper
From time to time, I like to critique movies. After all, they are a vivid, living-color representation of our culture… all the glory and gore is contained there. And that’s what this blog is about: The content or lack of content in American traditions…
Light Bulb in a Moscow Graveyard
Life is full of revelations, and some of them I have chronicled here in my blog over the last two years… it seems many of them come to me late in life… The first time Wayne and I visited Moscow and walked through the graveyard of their Russian leaders I had a moment of illumination……
The End of All Words…
Through the years, I have done my fair share of counseling. The truth is this: It is not my favorite aspect of the ministry. I groan silently when I hear of someone becoming a counselor or actually majoring in counseling in college. Doesn’t that sound cold hearted and distant coming from a missionary… even worse…
I Bowed to Worship Another…
I relished a trip to Amherst, Massachusetts, a few years ago with my family. A long-time writing heroine of mine, Emily Dickinson and I had an appointment. I could hardly wait to visit her childhoold home. I consider Dickinson America’s best poet, exceeding the writings of Frost, Whitman, Sandburg, and Emerson… even contemporary poets like…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 