For me, the word try has some negative connotations. As in – if you are trying to do something, you aren’t really, actually, doing it. Kaileen Elise challegned us today: December 18 – Try What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you…
Ministry in Heels
life as a young adult pastor
Jumping Through Hoops #reverb10
I came late to this Reverb10 party, so I have been trying to do some catch-up on the prompts. And I found myself absolutely stuck. frozen. unable to think or move or do. I was floored by my inability to respond to some of these prompts. December 17 – Lesson Learned What was the best…
Long-Distance Friendships #reverb10
Being a pastor in a small town makes it really hard to build and maintain friendships. Well, maybe that should be rephrased… makes it really hard to build and maintain the kind of friendships where you get to actually spend face to face time with one another. In college, I lived in a small intentional…
A Writer? #reverb10
I’m not sure that I really consider myself a writer. Or at least, I haven’t considered it before. When I make a list of hobbies and things I like to do, writing never makes an appearance. When I talk about the things that I am good at, I have never thought to include writing. But,…
one word: lonely #reverb10
The only way for your life to be different is if you take a good hard look at it and figure out what exactly needs to change. And my life needs a good hard look right now. In some ways, I am feeling a little snarky as I write this. I am kind of in…
Remembering in Five #reverb10
In a year full of ordinary days and moments and the little things that we do and quickly forget… here is to taking five minutes to capture what we shouldn’t forget. snow disc golf at Lincoln Park in Belle Plaine… we bundled up and had a ton of fun romping in the snow =) I…
Both/And #reverb10
Being a fan of postmodern/emergent sorts of thoughts, I dig the “both/and.” Down with dichotomies. Yay for integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? What an amazing question! Looking back…
Taking out the Trash…#reverb10
I have not really followed the prompts for Reverb before – but from what I have caught wind of, they are daily prompts that help us to “reflect on this year and manifest what’s next.” I could seriously use some regularly scheduled reflection in my life, so even though I am late to the party,…