Returning home to visit North Carolina feeds my soul in important ways. Time spent with family is refreshing. Eating at restaurants unavailable in Hoosier land makes my taste buds dance. On this trip, it was the popcorn shrimp at Dry… Continue Reading…
Community • Spirituality • Uncategorized
March 30, 2024
“Welcome. I have been waiting for you!” As greetings go, that is much better than something like “Stop, in the name of law,” but they were startling words just the same.
February 3, 2024
Mowing between rows isn’t a generally prescribed form of weed control in a garden. . .
Hope • Lament • Spirituality • Uncategorized
January 13, 2024
Recent events have reminded me of a 2001 movie called “The Man Who Sued God.”
Community • Language • Travel • Uncategorized
December 16, 2023
Remember the days when television stations actually ended their broadcast day? They signed on in the morning and . . .
Hope • Spirituality • Travel • Uncategorized
November 25, 2023
Judi and I spent the last 18 months traveling on tours previously canceled due to COVID. It reached the point of being nearly ridiculous. With two years of bookings being pushed back, we were away from home some part of… Continue Reading…
Community • Health • Language • Uncategorized
November 4, 2023
“I’ll get up with you when I get back.” Those words were overheard in the airport as a traveler wrapped up a phone call prior to boarding his flight. I was not intentionally eavesdropping on the conversation, but cell phones… Continue Reading…
September 30, 2023
My brain, which seems to have a mind of its own, immediately quipped, “I wonder if they’d put me in that category?”
Spirituality • Travel • Uncategorized
September 2, 2023
Gone are the days of accompanying loved ones to the gate or rooftop lounges where one could sit and watch the plane take off and land.
Community • Travel • Uncategorized
August 5, 2023
It was another day of journeying through the middle of almost nowhere. Or as I have heard it said, “It’s not the middle of nowhere, but you can see it from there.”
Further Reading
“Jay is clear-eyed yet enchanting, reconnecting us with the divine in the muck and glory of everyday life. I sighed with delight, laughed out loud, and took notes to use in the years to come.”
–Samir Selmanovic, Founder of TURN Community
“Jay Marshall calls us to the values of truthfulness in the“here and now” and in the everyday.”
–Dr. Jeffrey Carter, President, Bethany Theological Seminary