-
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland has been our home city for just about a year. Even though we live just outside of the city in the village of Worb, Bern is where my wife Amy goes to work every day, and it is where my kids love to walk the arcades and look in the shops. The slow pace and beautiful architecture of the capital city of Switzerland captivates us every time we walk its century old streets. One of my goals for this New Year is to explore a new place in Switzerland at least once a week. Whether that is a day excursion into the Alps, explore the many different trails…
-
A Single Tree
(One of the things that my wife and I both love are the “single trees” that shower the landscapes all over Switzerland. Here are a few in our village of Worb. This has made me think, beyond their beauty, what can a single tree teach us about our spirituality and relationship with God) A Single Tree Today I stand in silence, And it prompts me to be still To be still And hold onto my words To be still And resist the need to act To be still And reside within my name Rooted in Your creation I lose my stature I lose my fullness I lose my looks Thank…
-
Seeing the Beautiful
On one hand, they say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. On the other hand, maybe beauty is not as subjective as it seems. Maybe beauty is more about the ability to see it as such or not. In other words, beauty is everywhere and in everything. My ability to recognize this is in my life is somehow connected to joy. This makes me think then, what helps me to see? Switzerland is beautiful beyond words. The landscapes and mountains are indescribable. So much so, pictures do not do them any justice. One of the results of witnessing this kind of beauty is that it captives you, draws…
