We Your People, Ours the Journey
a webspace devoted to sermons, thoughts and ramblings from the ministerial journey
"I feel like a lost a year of my life." That's what I tell people, and it's true. Struggle and strife in my marriage, counseling and arguing, separation and paperwork, single parenting and legal questions still unresolved (and a broken ankle, too). All of these things seemed to suck away my energy and consume my… Continue reading Lost, and Finding…
as posted on the Reconciling Ministries Network blog Family legend tells that the year after my parents separated, my mom faced the prospect of her first Thanksgiving alone. She accepted an invitation to the home of a friend, and my family and I have been spending alternating Thanksgiving holidays with them ever since, adding spouses… Continue reading Resetting an Open Holiday Table
I also created a video of last Sunday's sermon, "Grown Together." With lots of love and thanksgiving to Jim and his family. Love you magnificent women!
I'm headed out to the airport in a few hours on my way to Tampa for General Conference. Things on my heart as I journey: - Following a lively discussion at my church yesterday, I'm even more interested to follow the petition to divest United Methodist funds from Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett Packard in opposition… Continue reading Diary of a Delegate: Wheels Up
It's my last official day of work before General Conference. The phone is ringing constantly with church work and with people calling delegates for last minute legislative pitches. It's actually kind of fun in a strange, stressful way. Here online, I want to give another thanks to UM Insight for reposting my thoughts on bullying… Continue reading Diary of a Delegate: End– or Beginning– in Sight
Christ is Risen! I hope Holy Week was a powerful and prayerful time for those of you who observe it. My experience, while exhausting, was rewarding and filled with Spirit. And now, with out much further ado, my countdown to the United Methodist Church's General Conference 2012 begins. We've got two week to finish getting… Continue reading Preparing (to go away) for General Conference
My family and I have much to be thankful for this holiday. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite time of year, perhaps even more so now that it is one of the only holidays that doesn't fall on a weekend and a major church work day. It's a time for family and good food, and… Continue reading This our hymn of grateful praise
Bless me, blogosphere, for I have sinned. Great, gulping sins of omission. I have been a negligent blogger, and have failed to write about a great many wonderful and interesting things. On the flip side, I've been a very good mommie (and new auntie as well!). And now I'm a mommie who has a kid… Continue reading Life happens
The other day, my daughter asked me about Abraham Lincoln at breakfast. I explained who he was, and why he was important, which led to a conversation about slavery. I don't think she believed me when I described that people had once bought other people to do work for them. I didn't even get into… Continue reading You’ve got to be carefully taught
I'm back, and I made it through my first week in the office. Thursday, in fact, was an especially busy day (we don't call it crazy Thursday for nothing; it's always our most packed day!). By the end, my miniature assistant and I were exhausted. But it was a good kind of tired, and I… Continue reading Remember Me?
