THE WAY HOME By Rev. Jennifer Pick "You can go to the party as you are, as long as you don’t insist on staying that way. The father’s banquet is for the reconcilable, thrown for anyone who will come." —Barbara Brown Taylor "While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. His father ran to him, hugged him, and kissed him... ...My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we should be glad and celebrate! Your brother w

THE WAY DOWN By Rev. Jennifer Pick "I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light." —Barbara Brown Taylor "But the Lord provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." —Jonah 1:17 Image: "The Way Down" ©Todd Pick, 2017. PILGRIMS ON A JOU

THE WAY to FREEDOM By Rev. Jennifer Pick "The desert shatters the soul's arrogance and leaves body and soul crying out in thirst and hunger. In the desert we trust God or die." —Dan B. Allender "In the evening a flock of quail flew down and covered the camp. And in the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp." —Exodus 16:13 Image: "The Way to Freedom" ©Todd Pick, 2017. PILGRIMS ON A JOURNEY The Israelites are not a month in their exodus journey in the wilderness.

THE WANDERING WAY By Rev. Jennifer Pick "All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost." —J.R. Tolkien "Jesus returned from the Jordan River full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. There he was tempted for forty days by the devil." —Luke 4:1-2 Image: "The Wandering Way" ©Todd Pick, 2017. PILGRIMS ON A JOURNEY There is no direct path from wher