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PRAYER & DISCERNMENT
MY TRIP TO THE DESERT LAND of the Bible began in Toronto, Canada. I was attending the Associated Church Press confer- ence 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 grow-
ing group around her.
“It’s called a keffiyeh,” she said, a woven scarf worn by Arabs as a head-
dress, 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 Tour-
ism Board. She was attending the conference to encourage religious media
A trip to Jordan’s biblical wilderness provides the
backdrop for a reflection on how you can find your way by
wandering.
Jennifer Tomshack is editorial director of
TrueQuest Communications,
publisher of VISION VOCATION
GUIDE.
Desert discernment
MOUNT NEBO,
where Moses
gazed at the
Promised Land
before dying.
BY JENNIFER TOMSHACK
JEFFRE Y BRUNO
