It’s Monday afternoon and I just realized that I have been thinking a lot about time…time passing, what time we have, time during the day, set aside time, how to use time…. This weekend was full of time to catch up with rest and with people. On Saturday, Ana and I took our time in…
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?
On the playground
A couple of days a week, I nanny while I am here in the city. I work with a 5 month old baby and a 4 year old kiddo. When I work with the 4 year old, we are also tasked with learning some English which basically means that I insist on speaking English with…
Back to learning more German
As of Monday I have returned to taking more German classes at my favorite language school, Transmitter Berlin. Monday kicked off my time in the B2.1 level of German. If you are familiar with how the levels work in Europe as far as language is concerned then you know that this is a commitment. It…
Lue goes to the vet aka another milestone in Berlin for me
On Tuesday night as Luna came in from her evening walk that Ana took her on before bed, I noticed she was acting weird toward her paw. This dog never lets me know when she is in pain so the fact that it was bothering her made me notice. As I picked her up and…
Staycation 101
A few weeks ago when Ana and I were house sitting we were scheming about traveling in August. Yes, we travel a lot and we love it. We feel as though it is a major bonus of living in Europe, especially in central Europe. I had just gotten back though after three weeks in the…
We all speak so many different languages
My partner and I speak different native languages but these are not the only languages that we have that are different. Our common language that we speak at home is English and we have the languages that we have established together…our body language, how we tell each other we love each other, our shared and…
On the eve of returning to the city…
I find myself, in the 20th day that we are in Eberswalde, a bit reflective about our time here before we return into the city tomorrow. It isn’t that I haven’t been in Berlin for three weeks. I have been commuting in 2-3 times per week to nanny while we have been living in this…
Outside of the church
This morning I got up around my usual time, 7:30ish, and decided that I would spend the morning in this little town (compared to Berlin). I walked the dogs a little longer and farther than I normally do this morning because the morning beckoned me to do so. I would go to a few places…
What would that be called?
When I took my leave of absence and packed my few bags and flew across the world to start this adventure, I had some goals in mind: Pursuing new love – this was the big leap into seeing how this new love would work for us in person, spanning worlds and time zones to day…
Updates and thoughts
For three weeks I have become a commuter twice a week into the city. I walk the 17 minutes to the train station after buying my ticket for the day. I wait at platform 4 at Eberswalde main station. I am starting to see a few people that are on repeat but mostly I see…
Living in Violet 