As Western Christendom’s Holy Week scoots into high gear, I thought this would be an apt moment to consider the intersection of fashion and faith. My friend the Rev. Liv Larson Andrews (above, center) has a keen eye for style. She’s also a Lutheran pastor, so she’s a “woman of the cloth” in more ways […]
Churchy Things
“Try To See What Is Really There” And Other Travel Writing Tips (With Nicaragua On My Mind)
After eight days in Nicaragua, I’ve got a lot to think about. My skirts-all-the-way strategy (described in this earlier post) worked well, and a bit of MacGuyver laundry made up the shortfall in shirts and ladylike unmentionables. Our group did touristy things like gorge on Salvadoran papusas and visit a pottery studio. We also visited […]
How To Be a Tourist In Your Own Town: Stop, Look, Smell the Flowers
It pleases me that the code for the Grand Rapids, MI airport is GRR. What a nice, primal sound. I was welcomed to Michigan’s West Coast by a sign above the GRR baggage carousel. I knew that Michigan had a mitten part and an upper part, but I hadn’t thought about its coasts. I’m in […]