Since launching this blog, I have been sorting here and there through some of my favorite 42 minutes of television… but what I’m really craving are new episodes! We are getting closer, so much closer to the season premieres of all of my favorites… just a few more weeks!
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.…
The Harper Avery
I have been catching back up on last season’s episodes of Grey’s Anatomy as I prepare for the upcoming season. While there were a number of interesting themes this past season, the idea of competition really jumped out at me in the last few episodes I watched. (from ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) In some ways, it began when…
Peace without Surrender
I was driving around this afternoon and caught a segment from BBC World News on the radio. It was a story about how the peace talks between Israel and Palestine are being percieved in Israel itself. One of the men being interviewed said very adamantly – I want peace, but I don’t want to surrender.…
Preaching in an Empire…
Today, our conference “Thursday Memo for Preachers” came across my inbox. I’m usually challenged and inspired by Rev. Bill Cotton’s words – and today was no exception. “Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord…”Jer. 2:12 Abraham Heschel in his classic work on the Prophets describes them as persons…
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…
Crafting Idols
In the season opener, The Office – Season 4, chaos seems to break loose around Dunder-Mifflin. First Michael, the boss, runs over Meredith with his car. Then Sprinkles the Cat dies. A curse is upon the office! There is a scene when Michael gathers everyone into the conference room and asks them to share about what…
The Gift of Self-Control
Story about sun exposure – how it takes effort and paying attention to keep yourself safe. If you aren’t focusing on the task at hand… at the goal – you will lose sight of what is important. This morning we heard the familiar story of Samson and Delilah – of a man who was tempted…