Category: reflections
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Who is giving this sermon anyway???
It happens to every pastor. The sermon we feel was a bomb. We labor over it, rehash it, reform it, slash sections, add others, practice and still, when we get up there to share these thoughts and insights on The Word, we walk away and believe we have bombed it.…
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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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Why I blog
I have been asked before why I blog, but the answer was never as clear as what I heard in a class on Job today; “Sometimes we just need to speak and for just one other person to hear.” That is why I blog, to put my small, lone voice…
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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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When a Tree Falls in Your Driveway….
Originally composed 5 March 2010. Finally~! For over a month everyone but us seemed to be getting snow. The day they said all lower 48 states got snow on the same day- we had none. Upstate got it all. So when they called for a Nor’easter to hit us I…
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Make a Memory
Originally written 28 May 2010. Last night Bon Jovi sang this song… and I listened to the words as always, and felt sad as always. It was that sad joy that comes with saying goodbye but also devouring every moment left. It reminds me of so many moments in my…
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the recipe I cannot write down
What is it about cooking? There is deep satisfaction in that moment of completion of a dish, when you look at it before it is eaten and think, “I made this.” You realize you did not waste your time, there is a final result and it is pleasing. Well, pleasing…
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Brenden’s story
Our oldest child, Brenden Shea Kelly was born October 14, 1995. He came home from the hosptial on our 2nd anniversary- the 16th. When we found out we were pregnant we had come home to VA for my dad’s Army Retirement (surprised him!). I also learned that I get horrible…
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my grandma
For my Grandma T; Upon this last breath I give her up and trust her to the Lord’s embrace. She will feel no more of these worldly things that cause us hurt. Her pearly white locks will be full of color and youth, her eyes sparkling with joy and excitement…
Mistress of Divinity 