kaleidoscope

I now interrupt our regularly scheduled…well, radio silence, actually, to bring you an update and a small gift.

In the last couple months, I’ve experience an upsurge in freelance work, which is a blessing that occasionally made me feel like Rapunzel locked up in her tower. However, I’m pretty sure that Rapunzel didn’t get to “hang out” with the Essenes, while editing a dissertation on their love for biblical interpretation that focuses on the heart, or spend time with some extraordinary writers and composers while researching the background to their 25 hymns. Nor did she get to immerse herself in the cultural-historical backgrounds of the Bible, while researching for someone else’s Sunday school curriculum.

I’ve also taught a challah-baking class, read some excellent books, corrected reams of English homework, completed an article, eaten the best Turkish delight ever, planted a tree, seen Galilee in the spring for the first time, (exquisite!), and thanked God for a week’s worth of much-needed rain, at the end of the winter that wasn’t.

I also created a photo book about this place I love. Originally a gift for a friend, I can think of all sorts of folks I wish I could hand a copy to. And now, in a way, I can hand a copy to you. Until midnight PST on March 25, you can use the coupon code STORYTIME to knock all but $2.40 and the shipping costs off the price.

Did you ever play with a kaleidoscope as a child? It’s a toy-sized telescope that gives you just a tiny, colorful glimpse of what’s inside. That’s how I think of this wee book.