PRAYER & DISCERNMENT
JEFFREY BRUNO
Desert discernment
MOUNT NEBO, where Moses gazed at the Promised Land before dying.
by Jennifer Tomshack
Jennifer Tomshack is editorial director of TrueQuest Communications, publisher of VISION V oc ation Guide.
A trip to Jordan’s biblical wilderness provides the backdrop for a reflection on how you can find your way by wandering.
M
Y TRIP TO THE DESERT LAND of the Bible began in Toronto, Canada. I was attending the Associated Church Press conference there in chilly, rainy April. At an evening networking event, a profusion of red-and-white checkered fabric caught my eye. A woman was bedecking attendees with colorful scarfs and I joined the growing group around her. “It’s called a keffiyeh,” she said, a woven scarf worn by Arabs as a headdress, but some also wear it around their necks. She was giving everyone there one as a gift and showing them how to wrap it correctly. Her name was Christine and she was a consultant for the Jordan Tourism Board. She was attending the conference to encourage religious media
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