This morning I went to church at the American Church in Berlin. This is where I go to church when I go to church here. I have really begun to appreciate and relish the people that are connected with that place. It is a lovely group of people, diverse from all over the world and…
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?
We were in Spain….yes, again :)
A few months ago, Ana and I were discussing that we would need a few days of vacation in September, her to use some vacay days and me before I begin another Masters in October, it seemed time. So we started to look at cheap flights to see where we might want to go. Both…
Pieces of Living History
If you remember, I wrote a few weeks ago about this brunch that I spoke at and I met a woman who blew me away from her first memories and her experience in the world. She had given me her card so I sent her an email. I said that I loved meeting her and…
A few notes swimming around…
My dog, Luna, loves the dog park at Tempelhofer Feld. Pushkin also really loves the dog park and loves anywhere he can run off leash and play with other pups but Luna loves loves loves this particular dog park. It is as if her little soul takes off the moment the gate door opens and…
A Saturday brunch
A few weeks ago, I was approached by the leader of a group that organizes a “Christian Women’s Brunch” each month. She told me about how this group gets together to hold Christian felllowship for women in English each month and I was asked to be the speaker for September. This would involve speaking for…
The Holy Spirit keeps showing up!
A few years ago I read the book, “Consider the Birds,” by Debbie Blue. It is a brilliant book that looks at the birds in the bible and helps to put context around references and ask questions about the connection from bird to God. I remember quite a bit of the book but there is…
Needs to be said
Yesterday we sat at a new cafe and read and I had the most amazing lemon meringue tart….it needs to be said and shown. If you come to visit me or if you are in the area, we need to go to Bichou Cafe immediately because of this….
Well, hello Fall!
Last weekend Ana and I did something that started as an idea and became a really fun and necessary thing for us in the midst of a busy time. We have been trying this summer, instead of travelling all over in July and August, to embrace summer in and around Berlin. We have a long…
A surprising bit of heaven on earth
Last night as I was coming home I needed to take the bus a few stops. I was in a neighborhood that is close but also not quite close enough. I knew that I needed to take a bus that I usually avoid. So often this bus is extremely crowded, stops at a ton of…
The light is changing
This morning I woke up much earlier than I normally do. I was supposed to meet a new family that I might occasionally babysit with but this morning I got up even before I though I would. My little dog had gotten up and been pacing, a sure sign she needs to go out right…
Living in Violet 