Baby Showers?

This week’s Friday Five from RevGals almost has me down in the dumps.  You see, my husband and I are undecided about whether or not to have kids.  Or rather, we are each decided, just in different directions.  And it seems like EVERYONE I know is having a baby or has just had a baby

Sleeping Habits

It has been a LONG time since I have played the RevGals Friday Five, but here goes! …our Friday Five today will focus on sleep, or the lack there of. 1. Are you prone to sleep challenges? Insomnia, snoring, allergies? Other sleep challenges? hmm… my husband claims I snore – but I am about 10,000x

Crock Pot Pizza

My husband is an evil genius. He figured out how to make deep dish pizza in the crock pot. No joke. Ingredients: Pizza Dough (he just used two packs of dry mix that you add water to and let rise), Pizza Sauce + Diced Tomatoes (I’m guessing about 2 1/2 cups… he didn’t measure), Pepperoni, and Mozzarella Cheese.

robed authority

I was blessed to officiate the wedding of my friends recently.  And up until five minutes before the wedding, I couldn’t decide if I would wear my robe or not. You see, I had packed the robe.  And I was most assuredly wearing the stole.  But the robe was an additional layer of formality, of

I believe… help my unbelief

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=amomono&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000WCN8PA&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrThe other night, I sat down to watch a film that has been in my Netflix queue for a while now:  King of California.  It’s the story of a young woman and her mentally questionable father and his quest to find buried treasure beneath their suburban community.  It’s quiet, a little quirky, but all and

I’m being ordained!!!

For two and a half years, I have been serving a congregation faithfully as a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church. And on June 6, I will be ordained at our Iowa Annual Conference and I will become an elder in full connection. This whole process started back in 2002, when I was a