Prompt: Do you enjoy growing older or do you fight against it? I am sure my answer will change as I age, but I love growing older. In my professional line of work, I am often mistaken for being younger than I really am. I remind people of their grandchildren. I look so cute. I…
What God Has Sown
In this past month, I have found new appreciation for the Apostle Paul. You see, on top of being an apostle and a scholar, a writer and mentor; in addition to the work he did as a tanner to pay his own way through ministry; he was also a fundraiser. I think that tiny detail…
Life's Not Perfect #NaBloPoMo
It was a lovely day. We slept in. The Hawkeyes won. Friends came over and we binge watched some television (Newsroom is FANTASTIC, btw). I figured out how to do a double crochet front post and a double crochet back post for an afghan I started. My husband made apple pie. The snow fell and…
One present down #NaBloPoMo
Today, my post follows up on craft night. I finished my crochet project and officially have the first gift of the season done. Pattern from Dabbles and Babbles
Everything but… #NaBloPoMo
Yesterday I posted about this article I read on the ENFP personality and one characteristic absolutely jumped out at me: 9. Being a HUGE, UNSTOPPABLE FORCE of creativity and productivity… an hour before the deadline. I am such a last minute person. I always have been. I can set aside all the time in the…
Maybe I'm an ENFP after all #NaBloPoMo
Today, I stumbled across an article about the struggles of various personalitites. 25 Struggles Only ENFPs Will Understand | Thought Catalog http://thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2014/09/25-struggles-only-enfps-will-understand/ I feel like I have always wavered between E and I on the Meyers-Briggs scale. I’m on the border but usually lean towards the Extrovert side. So I didn’t feel like I fit…
How to plan a funeral #NaBloPoMo
Today’s prompt comes from BlogHer Blogging: What knowledge do you have that others don’t? Write a “how to” post about anything you’ve got skills for, small or large. In the first month of ministry, I had three funerals in my community. Nothing about their lives were the same. A baby who had struggled from the beginning. A…
Defined by Generosity
Our scriptures this morning show us what it means to be generous. They describe to us people and communities who went the extra mile, who dug a little bit deeper, who gave more than what was necessary or expected. They gave more than what was necessary or expected. To be completely honest, those words did…