Five

Three “is the magic number.” Four is my personal favorite. Five is the number of years that I have been wearing a ring on my finger. “Which finger?” You ask. Well… it was on my left ring finger. And it could still be, but I’ll get to that.

Not Cute.

Today I received a package in the mail from one of my church friend ladies. She has been sending me little cards and stuff for just over a year now. I really appreciate what she does, and what she sends me. Today she included a little booklet: “Kitty Wisdom: Words to Inspire Your Inner Felines of Happiness.”…

Compulsive Scarves

I love scarves. I might have a problem. I do not now know how many I posses. How did this happen?

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Signs of Promise

Driving back to the middle of the state yesterday we had some crazy weather. I love thunderstorms, but I also love rainbows. Not in the frilly pink skirt and ribbons way, but in the sign of God’s promises. God promises that we will be held in a safe place. But God most certainly does not promise…

Unreasonable Obedience

This is the first sermon I preached at my Field Education Churches this year.

As you may have noticed, today is All Saints’ Day. It is a day when we celebrate those who have gone before us. Today we celebrate our Saints in churches around the world. I imagine…

World Communion Sunday 2009

I am serving a two-point charge Field Ed placement this school year. It is a good experience, and I am excited about my chance to explore parish ministry. The first Sunday in October was World Communion Sunday. I generally love this Sunday. I am guaranteed to celebrate Eucharist…

Like a Prom Dress

I was attempting to go through my clothes to find some to give away. Unfortunately I did not get rid of many things. They fit. What? How did this happen? How is it that I have clothes that I have had for 10 years, and they fit better now than they did then? What is going on? This is interesting…

If I Was Preaching Today

this is what I would have said, or should have said.

Jesus came to earth as a vulnerable child to a backwater town in a occupied territory. You have heard that before.

Extreme Napping

I managed to catch up on my sleep this weekend… Ahh, the joys of 4 hour naps. Now I can go back to sleeping six hours a night again. All it takes is a monthly crash, and it didn’t help that I was spending a few of the days quite alone, all that about getting energized by people really must be true.

lost

“Loss is simply another entrance into life.” -Joan Chittister.

It is impossible to hold on to both a new life and an old one. One must make a decision, or the two will be lost into oblivion. We cannot hold the old selves in the new life. Like the old wineskins that burst with the new wine, we…