Category: Pastoral Life
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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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Sometimes They Say Things That Hurt and M.E.
Today Madelleine L’Engle (M.E.) writes about being new and yet staying the same. She loves Bach and finds a newness in his music even when she thinks she knows it already. There is something to be said for this concept in relationships too. When we think we know someone we…
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Laundry and The Cross with M.E.
For full disclosure, I should start with telling you I love doing laundry. No wait, that should read more like this: I LOVE doing laundry… as long as it has to be hung on a line. For me there is something very peace-creating about the silent work of taking a…
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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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Madeleine L’Engle and Pastoral & Family Care
I am engaging a 40 day journey with my favorite author of all time, Madeleine L’Engle. You may know her from her “Wrinkle In Time” books. As I journey through this study, I thought I might share some thoughts that pop up. You will find me referring to her as…
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He was Just an ICE man.
“He was just an iceman” When George Marion Mason died in the mid 1940’s the crowd spilled out onto the street in front of the mortuary. When they drove to the cemetery, there were over 150 cars in the processional and at least that many at the cemetery when they…
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How I met Lance
So I am at this fundraiser for our youth group in Germany. We are hosting a Mexican dinner and it is near the end and we are done serving so we all sit down to eat and watch the slides from the last trip (to Spain). I am 16 and…
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Why so many Christmas Cards?
My beloved looked at me like I had turned into a hoarder. I have over 400 blank cards ready to be addressed and sent this year as soon as the Calendar says November 20. I know there must be shock on your faces too. But my Christmas cards serve as…
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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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