Last Thursday I finished the last final of the Spring Semester and immediately picked a book to start reading for the Summer term. (Yeah, cue the violins and send the sympathy messages). But glassy eyed and brain dead as I...
Rethinking
The words seem so clear in my head. Until, that is, I start to try and speak or to write them. Then they jumble and blur, start to spin, smudge and evaporate. I have been studying for this final for...
Ceviche, Baja style
Omar came out of the shop, dodging the rain and traffic and slid into the driver’s seat with a hefty bag of raw fish. He couldn’t stop the smile that came when he saw my reaction. Man, that was going...
Stories shared of unseen scars
Last night I was welcomed to a friend’s dining room table with “a band of brothers”. The food was rich and the beer quality. The low rumble of kids and dogs weaved in and out of conversation deep, meaningful with...
Where the coffee isn’t that only thing that is rich
Tomorrow I fly to Seattle and then drive down to Portland for this semester’s “face to face” gathering. Since starting the seminary journey in the fall of 2010, I have made seven of these trips coming to cherish time spent...
She flies today
February 4 I sit here in the last few minutes before we drive Hannah to the airport. I hate these times. You are either ready all too far in advance and have nothing to fill the intervening hours or you...
Baby it’s cold outside! So think those warm thoughts and start making plans to join us in Mexico this summer!
The Ray family is excited to have two Olivia’s Basket/Home of Hope builds scheduled in Ensenada, Mexico for 2013. We hope as you think and pray about the coming year, you will consider joining us on one of these special...
Essential Missional
What does it mean to be “on mission” with God? A question like this can, and does, garner all kinds of responses. All while talk is essential, unless it leads to positive action, well, it’s just talk. These books are...
A Ray Family Christmas
Essential history/biography
We have all heard the quote by George Santayana “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Remember or not, it seems that history has a remarkable way of being set on a loop. And if it...