The Journey

OMG I love this quotation. I used it this past Sunday as part of a homily during our "Revival"/canvass service. "Why sh...

Taking a breath between projects. Managed to have the canvass dinner (I'm canvass chair this year, as virtue of being "past-presid...

I'm a good typist. The one thing that slows me down from being a great typist is that I was out sick in high school on the days when th...

This -- going to divinity school -- is much more emotionally charged than I expected. I feel stripped raw, and completely alone, which I am...

Am pregnant with fourth and last. (B, if you're reading this, I haven't told anyone. Please don't share.) Even though it ...

I was happy to meet the director of my school's library yesterday, who coincidentally showed up at my church as speaker. Turns out, he...

"Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again" Joined with a couple hundred other people tonight at a candlelight ...

Just found something very encouraging: "Our Audience..... The fastest growing, religiously identifiable group in the United St...

Yesterday, drove up to see my godparents. The previous day, I had told my 5 y.o. that we were going to see them. Her eyes grew round. ...

I just gave a short answer to someone on Coffee Hour inquiring about small group ministry. I've been a big proponent of covenant groups...

In looking up a passage for my class, came across this: "Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is rig...

Am changing the name on my blog, just to make it slightly more difficult to immediately discern my identity. Not that I really care if my s...

And by interesting, I mean ... "um, how's this going to play out?" My professor seems nice. He explained that this is a cl...

Picked up some Bazooka Joe bubble gum for my son last week. A comic and a piece of gum -- the simple joys of life. Just grabbed a couple...

This is an issue for me. An area in which I need to come to some understanding, and an easing in judgment. Or do I. And there's the r...

Registered yesterday, so I am officially, now, a seminarian. A divinity student. (That makes me think of the candy.) A ministerial studen...

Well, I'm in, I think. I got a call back from The School. They've received everything except my recommendation from B--, which I k...

Am having a hard time remembering the inherent worth and dignity of a nameless faceless person out there. Got in the car with Lily this m...

Well, D-- came up to me at church and admitted that he's going to Iraq. Looks like he's going to get a job with KBR (Halliburton) a...

If you're unhappy where you are -- maybe, where you're living, or where you're working -- take a look around. It may be that yo...