by Sybil Macbeth | Feb 2, 2022 | Praying in Color
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. (Luke 4, 1-2 NRSV) After almost four months in Jerusalem and the land of the Holy One, my idea...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 23, 2021 | Praying in Color
The chase began almost two years ago. My husband, Andy, and I accepted an invitation to spend a year at St. George’s College in Jerusalem, an Anglican pilgrimage and retreat center near the Old City. Andy would serve as College Chaplain and I would be the...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 22, 2010 | Praying in Color
Ten days ago I was in Jerusalem celebrating Shabbat with twenty clergy friends and spouses from Memphis. We were Jews and Christians. We were Christians of six or seven denominations. We were white and African-American. We were youngish and oldish. I’ve never...
