Across the miles and along the shores of every country we have visited there have always been demonstrations of recovery.  Meetings.  People living and enjoying life.  Great food.  Wellness!  Great art!  Spiritual nurture and principled Read More …

The street art of Lisbon has been the topic of many conversations.  Visitors admire.  Artists descry! These oversized, over politicized images not only leave a visual mark on the streetscapes — they make statements.  The Read More …

Sometimes “this packing a suitcase” is more than delight!  Tonight putting each carefully selected item in my carry-on bag (Yes, that is all the worldly stuff one really needs) I am ready for six weeks Read More …

Much of our reflection as people has to do in some sense with the image makers in our lives.  The who, of who we are as image bearers.  The great difficulty with this fleeting rootedness Read More …

Turning vision into practice takes more than looking at flowers.  It will, in the words of Henri Nouwen, capture the revolutionaries.  Critical prophets are people who attract others by their inner power.  Those who meet Read More …

The newly launched careers of a couple of time-share sales people are set for success in this pirate ship.  All day and all night the hucksters of vacation rentals, time-shares, condo-projects and other tourist traps Read More …

On the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta there is a large scale sculpture of Jacob’s Ladder.  The sculpted work scaled up from the art of Sergio Bustamante is more than tourist attraction.  This work of interactive Read More …

It is true, after a certain age (don’t say it) night-life becomes a stretch of imagination and dreams.  A stretch of ideas.  The Bay of Banderas is set as a stage for fire-works and pirate ships. Read More …

I was never sure at which stage of life “sunset” becomes the marker of the end of day.  When I was younger sunset marked the beginning of evenings.  Nights out!  Dates!  Dances!  Concerts!  Parties!  And Read More …

The roads in this Mexican town are built with rounded boulders.  Stones that will not alter shape in the heat.  Spending a few hours watching these artists stack rocks may seem like a whiling away Read More …