“Bethel reveals that God is present in every liminal place, lending his anchoring weight to our weightless lives. Our in-between places--between jobs, between cities, between houses--can easily feel like a bookmark, as if their only job was separating past from future. But these places are indeed part of the story, even when we have failed to give them a name... A nameless place can be the site of tentatively taking our first step toward trust; it's at Bethel that we can begin believing in a God, who journeys with us.” HomePlace Book:Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home Source: Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home
“Stability is good advice, but sometimes, like Jacob, we end up with a life that, in the rearview mirror, looks much more erratic than we might [have] originally intended. The greatest consolation for the geographically displaced is.. Jesus... He left home and its happiness with abandon, even delight.” HomePlace Book:Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home Source: Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home