Category: personal growth
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The Ones who leave you like Atreyu
It happens to all of us. We get star struck. We see someone and we feel like we are approaching The Oracle in The NeverEnding Story. Suddenly, we are little Atreyu. We know that our truth will be seen and if we try to cover it with bravado or airs,…
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The Whole Thing- A Lenten Journey of entire Bible in one Lenten Bite (why and how)
So recently in an interview with several Bishops and their staff I was asked, “What is one thing we didn’t learn that we should know?” I answered as honestly as I could. “I have never read the whole Bible straight through.” For years I have spent time in the Bible- lots…
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What I learned about message bias from the Press Corps and Trump
It is scary, because it puts our assumptions into question.
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Waiting… hoping…
Grief. Death. Loss. They do funny things. Twisted things. I sit here with my grief in my lap,rocking it. I do not want to hold it,I want to let it go. But if I let it go, will I have let them go too? It feels like this,this bit of…
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The New Introvert- or rather "Net-rovert"
“It requires more work on the part of networked individuals to make their way successfully in an always-on, quickly moving world, and a new set of norms and skills-just as the transition from rural, agrarian life to urban, industrial life required.” In his book, NetSmart, How to Thrive Online, Howard…
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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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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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Amid the boxes and packing paper
Lately it seems my blogs have ended up in my seminary blog, but today, this is just about me and my life. Not about how it works with seminary. Today, it is about the fact I sit in this house, as it is almost empty of our things; things that…
Mistress of Divinity 