Weekend in Review: Love

Nashville, TN: For my final synopsis of my spiritually surprising weekend, I bring you Love. Which comes in the form of a PBS Video. The show, Religion & Ethics, brought a camera crew to Thistle Farms last month and this is the result.

What's funny is that as much as I'm around the women of Magdalene, as much as I hear Becca speak, as much as I think I know about the program, I can watch something like this and hear something I have heard a million times before as if I'm hearing it for the first time. As Becca describes the thistle, she says:
"It is a great reminder that all of us, with our prickly outer selves, have this beautiful, deep, rich center that’s a gift from God."
Somehow today, still exhausted from a bumpy night before, I am even more grateful for the reminder that the core of me is beautiful, deep and rich. And I am loved, in spite of myself.

Watch the full episode. See more Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.