Wine feeds our embodied souls! If you like wine as much as I do, I have a book for you to read. So let us rejoice in God’s largesse, God’s cornucopia of goodness toward us, as we raise a glass of pinotage and toast “to life!”

I have just returned from my long trip to South Africa (by way of Amsterdam) that could be considered a pilgrimage in its own way. I went off to spend time with two dear friends, John and Isobel de Gruchy.

Well we have now entered the season called Lent in the Christian community–40 days of serious reflection about our flaws, our failings, our lives and where they are headed, what purposes drive us and to what end? Time to take stock, time to listen and to really examine our life story to this point and see if it could stand a bit of re-writing in the time that we have left.