Just got back from the New Castle Correctional Facility Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. After a number of speeches by offenders about the difference volunteers make in their lives, they brought out a magnificent quilt they had spent the last six months making, and the Volunteer Coordinator said they wanted to award it to the volunteer of the year... and called my name. Then a roomful of Christians- most of them Evangelicals- gave a standing ovation to a Pagan, differences in dogma forgotten in the comradely warmth of people facing the same challenges.
And people ask why I do this.
peace,
ES