When I was a very little girl growing up in Virginia, I never missed a Sunday going to Court Street Baptist Church. But there was something else that made Sundays special, and that was “Davey and Goliath.” Every week the opening strains of the theme song would find me lying on the floor, chin on…
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breathe in, breathe out
Photo by: Thomas Boulvin My life has been a little bit insane lately. As a pastor, as a wife, as a daughter, as an aunt, as a sister, as a home… well, home-occupier. Every facet of my life has pulled me and stretched me and stressed me out and brought me joy and helped me…
FF: Touching Holiness
From Rev Gals: Yesterday I was privileged to join the thousands of pilgrims who had flocked to York Minster to see the casket containing the bones of St Therese of Lisieux. People came from miles around, some with deep faith came to venerate the Saint, others with none came out of curiosity. The Christians who…
what I love… part 1
1) I love having someone (or some cat) to cuddle with. My cat curled up under the covers with me and I felt so loved2) I love watching television and looking for the humanity and redemption in the characters.3) I love it when someone cooks for me4) I love eating dinner with friends/family around a…
seasons of change
Photo by Fred KuipersIt’s only sixty degrees outside – the coldest day of September so far. There is a bite to the air. The wind whips between the trees and the leaves that have started to turn are ripped off of their branches. Fall may have officially begun a week ago – but today is…
Can you be Christian outside the church?
Can you be a Christian outside of the church? Depending on how you hear that question, two different things might be arising to your mind. On one hand, Can someone who doesn’t come to church be a Christian? Can you be a Christian outside of the church? Or on the other hand, Can you and…
self-care out the whazoo
Yesterday, we had one of our world famous (in our minds) young adult clergy lunches. In our area of the conference we have been slightly disjointed in getting something regularly going, but we definately recognize the importance of clergy fellowship, accountability, and networking. It says a lot that we all looked at our watches and…
What if we put the church last?
Last summer, when we went on vacation with my husband’s side of the family we all were packed into two different vehicles on the way home. My neice and nephew were fighting about who got to ride in our car, and so to make it the most fair, we divided them up and they got…