When I left Portland almost a year ago, I officially went on what the church calls “Voluntary leave of absence.” This basically means that I am taking a break from working in the church world for a bit without losing my credentials, my retirement, my connection and am able to return to my career when…
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?
Two years ago today….
Two years ago today I posted this picture on Facebook. This picture was a really big deal of myself. Just days before I had been talking to my chosen sister about how I didn’t think this picture was at all possible. You see, months before this picture was taken, my world completely fell apart and…
When riding the train through four countries….
…you really get to see the differences in how these countries do things, communicate, and the view. Yesterday morning, after visiting friends and family in Serbia for a week and then walking all over Budapest for just a couple of days, Ana and I gathered all of our things together and our husky dog, Pushkin…
Being fed
This morning, as I was sitting in Ana’s parents house, eating what could be my favorite Serbian food (even though I am told it is one of the most basic and everyday Serbian foods), I exclaimed to Ana, “I’m just going to claim it! I just really enjoy food wherever we go!” This amazing creation…
Space in Lent
We have begun what we call in the Church world the season of Lent. It begins with ashes on our foreheads as we remember that we are mortal, we are dust and we will return to dust. It compels us into a time of wilderness, reflection, and returning to God and ourselves, who we are…
The more I know…
This is the beginning of the 10th month living in Germany. It is hard to believe that almost a year ago, I got on the plane with some things and took the plunge to be here. I have begun really reflecting on what I thought I would be accomplishing, what I have accomplished and what…
How are we going to get there?
For the first time in my adult life (besides the 5 or so months I lived in Ireland in college and a semester of Chicago time) I am living fully without a car. It doesn’t make sense here in this city. The public transit is really great and if we had a car we would…
Coming back to the page
Over the past two weeks or so, I have been approaching the page and just not feeling the words stumbling out. I keep a list of topics to blog about in my phone while I walk along and ponder day to day. I have been continuing to list the things that you might like…
Next level tourism in the place I live
Lately, I have been making lists of things I still want to do and experience in Berlin. I am calling this the next level of exploring this huge city. There are still some touristy things that I have kept to do for those miserable weather types of days…these include museums and art galleries and even…
Sure! Pottery!
While we were at home in the States I started to look ahead to returning to Berlin and began to realize that I needed something to really look forward to in our return. I needed something exciting that I wouldn’t be able to wait to do. I needed something in my schedule so that…
Living in Violet 