Category: hope
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the dream of a garden memorial
I dreamt that I walked in soft green grass,the whisper of wind in the trees.The flowers all nodded their sweet helloas they welcomed the buzzing of bees. I dreamt of a tree whose leaves unfurledand gathered my sorrow withinAnd took it from me and gave me insteadpeace and innocent comfort…
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Knowing how…
“Knowing how is more important than simply knowing that.” ~Mary Hess Indeed. For years I knew that rearing children is hard. Knowing how it is hard is what helps me get through it. It is in the knowing how that I am able to find what is going wrong and…
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Being Less Perfect, More Human, Hope…. and M.E.
Don’t get me wrong. There are days, where no one can do right, nothing goes right and the world is against me. Those days remind me of a song my mom used to sing to me when I was in those moods. Of course, I just looked up the lyrics…
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What does real love look like? Seminary, Cohorts and M.E.
What does love with forbearance and forgiveness look like? What does love lived with passion and open eyes look like? Can the two be one? My cohort may never forgive me for this one, but I pray they ‘get’ it… In fact, I am pretty sure they will. In my…
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What Happens After? Sermon for August 25, 2013
Luke 13: 10-17 Cinderella got her Prince Charming. So did Snow White, Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Juliette. The problem is that is always where the story ends. I much prefer the Shrek storyline. (hands on who has seen this one… if your hand is not up, I will see you…
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How being full of holes can actually be more whole… and M.E.
We tend to think that something with holes is incomplete, less than perfect or damaged, right? I mean, the underwear with holes get tossed, as do the socks. If my pool has a hole, I have to patch it or it is useless. If there is a hole in my…
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Imperfection and M.E…. sharing the TMI at church
I have attended many churches in my life. The moving has created an opportunity to see and experience more fully how people do and see ‘religion’ differently. One aspect never changes though. Perfection. Or rather, expectation of perfection. Whether you attend a service that is dressed to the nines or…
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M.E. and Remembering what I Forgot and The Impossible
Today (day 2) M.E. writes, “One of the great sorrows which came to human beings when Adam and Eve left the Garden was the loss of memory, memory of all that God’s children are meant to be.” In the following questions we are asked to ponder the impossible we have…
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Crossing the Mojave
Also known to my son Graham as the MO- Jayv rather than Mo-Ha-Vey desert. The interstate that transects it is a daunting road to drive. On our recent move to Los Angeles California, we came in via I-40, which crosses the Mojave Desert. This is not country to mess around…
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The answer is… suck it up and drive on
Many a time I am asked, “How do you do it? How do you live with a man, give him your heart and bear him children, all while knowing he may leave for battle and never return?” They even ask, “How does he do it? How does he live with…
Mistress of Divinity 