Part of the Pilgrimage Summer 2013 Series
I spent four days in New York and they were overflowing with gifts and beauty, inspiration, and unexpected blessings.
A few highlights:
~The incredible hospitality of Russ and Carol, who welcomed me in as a friend of a friend and shared their beautiful home and interesting lives with me.
~Spending my first evening in the city at the ballet with Benjamin. I’ve wanted to see Don Quixote since I was about eight years old. The show was all that I’d hoped for and more. Great student seats in the Opera House, incredible costumes and set, and the dancing. Well American Ballet Theater…what can I say, the dancing was amazing. 
~Coffee with a church planter in Brooklyn. Hearing her stories and walking the neighborhood and seeing the street art.
~Enjoyed live music on the subway, along with many other interesting people watching incidents. 
~Had a lovely wander through Central Park, complete with a Central Park hot dog, sans bun.
~Enjoyed a night out downtown. Drinks with my dear cousin and heart-to-heart catch up. And then dinner with a childhood friend, swapping life stories and reconnecting after many years.
~Peaceful relaxation crocheting, reading, and writing in Riverside Park.
~Seeing The Trip to Bountiful on Broadway (again, love student rush tickets). Laughed and cried and enjoyed the show with the new friend who happened to sit in the seat next to me.
~Being invited to lead a Bible study on Emanuel Swedenborg and Swedenborgian thought at The Riverside Church, and attending the service and meeting people there.
~Worshiping with the community at St. Lydia’s Table, a dinner church in Brooklyn that I’ve been following online for a few years and my purpose for going to NYC. It was an absolute joy to be there in person and see this beautiful model of church, and to connect with the Emily, the founder and pastor and soak up her church planting wisdom.
A soul-feeding time all around.
Thank you New York City! I’ll always come back…