Rejuvenating,” I responded, when asked to describe my feelings after this past weekend. I just got back from our LVC Fall Retreat, held at Charter Hall in Perryville, MD. We left quite franticly on Wednesday night in a 15-passenger van with Charles in the driver seat. A couple of hours later, we arrived at a [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 17, 2008
Petrification
That’s right, petrification. A combination of petrified and gentrification – two words that seem to belong together.
I’ve wanted to write a post about gentrification for awhile now, but I’ve been putting it off, as I do most things. Well, what I’ve been wanting to say sort of fell into my lap today, so I suppose [...]
October 1, 2008
Always Fasting
Eid Mubarak! Ramadan is over! Eid ul-Fitr marks the ending of Ramadan and is often a multiple day celebration full of feasting, prayer, and paying final alms! I can’t believe the month is already over. There is much to reflect on, so my posts about Ramadan may keep coming. One of the major aspects of [...]
