travel – thetravellingtheologian

La Habana

sharing: (transitive verb) to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others; to have in common; origin: middle english, 14th century

When I headed out to NEXT last week, I had a bit of an awakening. Literally, an awakening from fake-sleeping. After finishing up with my CPM meeting that Monday morning, I headed towards Midway airport to make my way to the NEXT Church Conference in Atlanta, GA. Since Southwest is my air travel of choice,…

sandwich: (noun) two pieces of bread with something (such as meat, peanut butter, etc.) between them; origin: john montagu, 4th earl of sandwich, first known use 1762

I love food. I love food like I love Jesus: unconditionally and with all my being. I can’t live without either, because without them, I am left unfulfilled. Literally. I am one of those people who eats her feelings. Because I’m Southern and that’s what you do. I won’t speak for all Southerners, but the…

urban: (adjective) of, relating to, designating a city or town; living in a city; origin: 1610-1620, latin

It’s lovely. Just lovely. And I would be happy to never set foot in it again. There. I said it. I hate living in Chicago. Maybe hate is too strong of a word. I seriously dislike living in Chicago. Now, I did not say I hated Chicago. I love Chicago. (Notice the emphasis with the bold…

Dying Dead Sea

This post was originally begun on January 12, while we were still in Jerusalem, just outside of the Old City. After working on a draft I decided against publishing any longer until I had returned to the States. You’ll find out why later. I have left part of it in its original format and added…

Holy Pie

One of my classmates put it best last night when she asked the group what do we do with such a place as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where so many are vying for a piece of the “holy pie”? She’s right. What do we do with a place such as Jerusalem? Yesterday was…

Outside the Old City Walls

In case you were wondering, here I am, in Jerusalem. Just steps outside of the Old City walls at the Damascus gate. I’m here with a group of McCormick students for a January-term travel seminar led by a couple of my Old Testament and Hebrew instructors, Ted and Paula. We are meant to keep a…

This works better if I write…

How insane is this? I write a blog for my job, and I can’t even keep up with my own on here? Maybe it’s like a famous chef or something; they are fabulous in the kitchen of their four0star Michelin restaurant, but get them at home and they just want take-out. Now, I’m not claiming…

Well, this is the first of hopefully many…

Greetings all you bloggers out there. If you found this, I’m not sure as to whether to say good luck or congrats. I will let you choose for yourself, as I am not in the market of taking people’s autonomy from them when it comes to making decisions about how they want to receive something….