Welcome!
I'm a Writer, so I like to play with words.
I'm a Preacher, so I try to listen for the Spirit.
I'm a Pilgrim, so I like to travel to holy places.
Most of the time my pilgrimage is an interior one.
Chances are I'm listening to the Spirit and playing with words close to home.
Like in the laundry room.
How handy!
One other tidbit about me: Lately I've been watching a LOT of Doctor Who with my daughter. On DVD. With popcorn. Life is good.
What about you? What are you all about? Go to my blog and leave a comment, would you? I'm looking for other Writers, Preachers, Pilgrims, Lovers of Turtles . . .
My blog is also called WORK IN PROGRESS.
I write other things besides blogs. My fiction, so far, is two novels about a clergywoman named Esther. My husband says she's my "imaginary friend," and I'll admit that I'm often in my pajamas when I write about her. Truth is, I've grown really fond of Esther, although she seems to have a lot of difficulty with life and ministry. But who wouldn't? The novels are called SHADOW OF A STEEPLE and TAKE WING and you can read the opening chapters by clicking on the titles. I'd love to hear your feedback. Would you like to keep reading or not?
Being a preacher, I also write a sermon nearly every week, and you can listen to SERMON PODCASTS on my church's website. If you do actually listen to a podcast, would you please let me know? Everything I read says the sermon form is obsolete!
Please poke around a bit and let me know what interests you.
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My name is Ruth Huizenga Everhart.
That's me in Qumran. In the distance is Cave #4 where the first Dead Sea Scroll was found.
I was hot. I gobbled an ice cream right after this was taken.
Do holy places fascinate you?
I love to travel, especially to "thin" places where the line between heaven and earth becomes nearly transparent. These are the places people throughout history have encountered the Holy.
In September 2005 I visited Israel and Occupied Palestine with an ecumenical group of clergy to explore the question: How would pilgrimage shape us as ministers? For me, some of the changes were intellectual as I saw the biblical sites with new eyes, while other changes were more profound, as I experienced the presence of Christ in new ways. A documentary called PILGRIMAGE PROJECT is being made about our experience, it's supposed to be released sometime soon. Watch the TRAILER.
With my sandals broken in, I traveled to Jordan, "The Other Holy Land," with a different group of clergy in April 2007. The archeology there was breath-taking, and our Muslim guide opened my eyes to a bit of his world. If I was hoping to get to the end of my "To Be Answered" list, then I would give up on pilgrimage -- because most questions don't find answers, they simply drop away and are replaced with better questions. Read a beginning about JORDAN, where I haven't gotten out of the airport yet.
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