The other day a friend posted this video on her timeline on Facebook. I watched it and then rewatched it and teared up watching it. It resonated so deeply with the emotions that I feel and want to express and say to others as I watch them keep going on. One of the dancers is…
Author: pastorcourt
Courtney McHill has been in ministry for over 10 years and is travelling the world in search of pilgrimage and new life. What is it to be theological in different spaces? What are we searching for? What will we find about God, our world and ourselves?
Friday morning exploration
In a rare occurrence these days, I realized last night that I had nothing, absolutely nothing on my schedule for today, Friday. Sure there are things to write and people I could see but I thought last night, “Well, then Friday morning shall be about exploring a few places I have been meaning to find…
These days
What a weird couple of days around here! On Sunday we took our pups to Templehofer feld midday. This is a HUGE park about a 20 minute walk from our place that used to be an airport. The runways and the structures are still on the field but the surroundings have been converted into park…
The taste of Fall continues
This morning I woke up, walked the pups in the cloudy cool morning and then set to work in enjoying my Saturday morning. As you know, dear reader, I have been on a fall recipe making kick that included my grandmother’s carrot cake recipe which the actual cake brought lots of joy to multiple neighbors,…
Celebrating a few small wins
This morning as I sit down to write I am thinking about how we were walking in the sun along the Danube just about three weeks ago. It seemed as though things were just the perfect everything…temperature, state of being, our legs felt good to walk and the wine was excellent as we stopped to…
Spending time with my Grandma
I’ve been having a week. It isn’t anything new to be honest but it feels as though a thousand cuts just keep coming and it has me moving more slowly these days…. It is that the numbers are rising fairly substantially in Berlin even higher than the numbers were in April or May and the…
Neukölln hues
Just about every Sunday night at 8pm I log into Zoom to join my family on our weekly call. It is 11am their time on Sunday morning. Since COVID began and we all went into lock down in March we have done this with the rare week off here and there. It has been a…
From way up high
For our first Christmas together in 2017, Ana gave me a lovely card and inside was a voucher for a hot air balloon ride. It is a pretty touristy endeavor here in Berlin. It is for this balloon that goes straight up in the middle of one of the most touristy spots in Mitte. It…
After Staycation
On Tuesday, Ana and I found ourselves in the area of Berlin that is called Mitte as we wandered along the river. The day hadn’t turned out any which way that we had planned. We were both feeling robbed of our trip to Belgrade, robbed of a few more days of vacation and time away…
What Autumn brings with it
As it is constantly raining outside this morning, cloudy and grey, with a temperature of 51 degree F and 11 degrees C in Berlin, I am catching myself reflecting on how just a week and a half ago we were in the amazing sunshine along the Danube in Austria. Even just a few days ago…
Living in Violet 