by Ben Wilson | Mar 31, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing
The journey home is apt to make me wonder … was the event worth it? The three hours we experienced last night getting into the Atlanta Airport —- going through customs and then getting out to go to a hotel sort of shook the good memories. But the laughs, experiences,...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Nov 15, 2021 | Faith, Family
My sister, Pam and I usually walked to Sunday School and Church each Sunday morning. I always remember one morning…I was probably in Junior High and of course, she was four years younger than I was. We had just rounded the south corner of our block and I was telling...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Nov 15, 2021 | Death, Faith, Family, Travel, Writing
In 1986 Rod, Kaze Gadway and I walked the narrow-cobbled streets of Avila, Spain. Every step immersed us in memories of St. Teresa. We rambled through twists and turns of the narrow streets and located the Convent of St. Teresa near the Paseo del Rastro. Built over...
by Priscilla H Wilson | May 27, 2021 | Faith, Writing
A sight, a sound, an event turns us upside down in unexpected and commonplace moments. I call this the holy revealing itself. Two brothers chase each other in their yard. The older brother is yelling, “I am going to get you.” The younger brother tries desperately to...
by Priscilla H Wilson | May 10, 2021 | Faith, Writing
The year was 1971 and I had just turned 40 years old. The Ecumenical Institute still occupied the Bethany Seminary buildings on the west side of Chicago. The subject was related to the New Social Vehicle. All the participants were to pull together stuff they had read...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Oct 18, 2018 | Faith, Travel, Writing
In January 1983 Lyn Mathews, the wife of the Dean of the Institute of Cultural Affairs asks me to go to the Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific to participate in the Pacific Training School. I pause for a minute, ask her a couple of questions and then say, “Yes.” I want...
