I was worried about my capacity to ‘be kind to myself’ and manage the emotional roller coaster I’d been on for what felt like too long… A year later, I’m doing okay. One year ago I sat on the patio of a brewery and read a bit from a book… Continue reading
Maybe [Jesus] felt the pressure of his mom’s faith. Maybe he struggled to trust his dad’s love for him. Maybe he was burdened by the expectation that he was supposed to be the one to bring a word of hope to those who were suffering. Maybe some days he just… Continue reading
Do you ever feel like you’re trying to put the pieces of your life together but don’t have a clear sense of the picture you’re making? I put this whole puzzle together before realizing the full picture was on the back of the box. I was looking at the front… Continue reading
This is all coming up now because I’m finally in a place where the external chaos is fairly non-existent and these folks around me are challenging my core assumptions about myself and about relationships. So the cries for help from the inner me…the ME that has been buried underneath all… Continue reading
I am coming to a different kind of appreciation about the importance of identifying the ground on which you live and work. It’s about identity. It’s about tradition. It’s about community. It’s about justice and reconciliation. It’s about holding the past and the present together. This reflection was shared at the 2023 Florida/Bahamas Synod Synodical… Continue reading
In November 2018 I was invited to lead the Bible study at the Florida-Bahamas Synodical Women’s Fall Gathering at Lake Yale Conference Center in Leesburg, FL. The text for the weekend was 1 John 4:7-21. The theme was “It’s all about love.”
I wrote this blog in April but didn’t post it until September…#covid. I had the rare opportunity to be with my parents on my birthday this year. That hasn’t happened for several years. As is their custom, dinner included some reflection questions. Because the chances for these kinds of conversations… Continue reading
Recently when I went on my run (okay…jog) after work, for some reason the voice coach on my running app wasn’t working. Usually it tells me how I’m doing and how far I’ve come. It will give me an update on my pace and distance, which gives me just enough… Continue reading
If divine incarnation has any truth to it, then resurrection is a foregone conclusion, and not a one-time anomaly in the body of Jesus, as our Western understanding of the resurrection felt it needed to prove–and then couldn’t. The Risen Christ is not a one-time miracle but the revelation of… Continue reading
Come and hear, all you who fear God,and I will tell you what he has done for me.I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue.If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.But truly God has listened; he has given heed… Continue reading