In Others’ Words: Looking for a “handout”

Beth VogtFaith, In Others' Words 9 Comments

In the Fellowship of the Ring, the first movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins describes how he feels to Gandalf the Gray Wizard this way: I feel … thin. Sort of stretched, if you know what I mean. Like … butter scraped over too much bread.  Thin. Stretched. Scraped. All perfect descriptors of life when hope is worn …

In Others’ Words: In the Moment

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Life 8 Comments

Most of my days start with a good 3 1/2 mile walk with my friend Mary. We walk and talk — and we look for “a little bit of pretty,” as we’ve come to call it. It all started when we noticed a wooden bench in a yard we were walking past — a little bit of pretty, even though …