No, I haven't fallen off the planet...just been working. I have a video shoot coming up at Willow Creek in Chicago next week that I've been writing scripts for and that I'll be directing actors on. It's an exciting project in many ways, a bit of a new adventure for me and though the scripts …
Still Easter
By now Easter consciousness is long gone for most people I know. Mine, too, unless I wrench it back into place. This morning's stream of consciousness "what does Easter season mean?" sort of entry means to do just that. Hope. It starts with hope. But hope for what? For eternal life? Sure, but my kids …
Hard Rest
Confession time. I understand rest conceptually, but as a practical matter, it escapes me. Does that make me a workaholic? It's not that I work all the time: it's just that when it comes time to rest, I'm no good, as if I've wandered into a task I lack the basic skills for. There are …
Near Death Experience
No, I haven't had one, but a good friend of mine used to work with a doctor that did a tremendous amount of research into NDE's of children, and the books he wrote based on many interviews with these kids are fascinating. Dr. Mevin Morse's web site outlines his work, and though it's been years …
Three Days In…
It's Wednesday, the first midweek of Easter season. Frankly, thoughts of Easter have long flown the coop from most U.S. Christians, nothing more than memories now of Easter egg hunts and cellophane covered baskets and perhaps a new dress and shoes. We lay our heads down last night without thinking much of Death's new status …
JEFF BERRYMAN 