Category: Travel

• Overwhelmed with Bliss

  On the homestretch of my 3-month sabbatical, I am in New Mexico. Right now, April 24, a Sunday, I am sitting in the Historic Plaza of Santa Fe and I am overwhelmed with bliss. Here’s what led up to it: A little while ago I had huevos rancheros at The Burrito Spot. They were, in…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  April 24, 2022

  Family, Spirituality, Travel, Writing

  Ace Bandage, Huevos Rancheros, Plaza, Roman Catholicism, Santa Fe, Soccer, Ukraine

• Africa 10 Years Hence

  I took my last sabbatical in 2012, while serving as the Lead Minister at The First Congregational United Church of Christ of Colorado Springs. I had applied for a Clergy Renewal grant through the Lilly Foundation and received it. An exciting day when a check for $40,000 arrived at the church office! The driving question…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  April 8, 2022

  Church, Colorado Springs, Family, Travel

  Mauritius, Sabbatical, South Africa

• I Am a Gnat

  In the fall of 2004, I took my first 3-month sabbatical. Brooke and I were not yet parents. We were living in Colorado Springs and I was serving as the Associate Minister for Children, Youth, and Families. The focus of that sabbatical was to visit other worshiping communities near and far. The primary adventure was…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  March 26, 2022

  Spirituality, Theology, Travel

  France, Mysticism, Taize, Taize Community