Category Archives: Travel Dispatch

A man walks down the street It’s a street in a strange world Maybe it’s the third world Maybe it’s his first time around Doesn’t speak the language He holds no currency He is a foreign man He is surrounded by the sound, the sound Cattle in the marketplace Scatterings and orphanages He looks around,Continue reading “Savoring”

Dispatch — Homeward Bound: October 13, 2019 I am not one of those Christians who feels skittish about using the words “lucky” or “fortunate.” Some people I know feel compelled to say they are “blessed” when something good happens in their lives, and that’s okay I guess. However, it tends to raise questions of theodicyContinue reading “Dispatch — Homeward Bound: October 13, 2019”

Dispatch from Tuscany: October 6, 2019 To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer,Continue reading “Dispatch from Tuscany: October 6, 2019”

Dispatch from the Bernese-Oberland: October 2, 2019 I hadn’t anticipated crying. But when our small train pulled out and headed toward Mürren, the stupefying vista that opened up in front of us literally took my breath so that I could not speak. The tears welled up and I was rendered incapable of expression. We hadContinue reading “Dispatch from the Bernese-Oberland: October 2, 2019”

Dispatch from Lausanne: September 29, 2019 UPDATE: Some pics from Christ Church, Lausanne. • We have been almost a week in Europe; a couple of days in Zurich and then down to Lausanne on Lake Geneva (Lac Lemon). Here are a few notes on churches we’ve seen and will attend. As a Christian who practicesContinue reading “Dispatch from Lausanne: September 29, 2019”

Well, iMonk family, Gail and I are soon off on our dream trip of a lifetime. Monday, we will fly out of Chicago to Munich, Germany, take the train to Switzerland, and then spend the next couple of weeks around Lake Geneva and in the high Alps. We’ll then journey over to Italy, where aContinue reading “Nous sommes en route!”