beginning – Salvaged Faith

Sing! Play! Summer! – Hymn of Promise / In the Garden

salvagedfaith — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:43:02 +0000

Text: Isaiah 46:8-13 I’m just going to say it out loud… these have been some difficult weeks we have shared together: The loss and grief we have experienced… The pain in the world in the wake of mass shootings and the crisis of migration and climate… The sense of helplessness about being able to do...

beginning again

Katie Z. — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Spring is here in full force and that makes me want to be outside… but it also reminds me that winter has been a time of sloth. I got up this morning and worked out with wii fit. I did yoga and strength exercises and then finished with a little bit of cardio. I know...

Lectionary Leanings – Glimmer of Light

Katie Z. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:15:00 +0000

January 4Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72, Ephesians 1:3-14, Matthew 2:2-12 While our church year technically begins with the Advent season, Epiphany has always struck me as a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. Perhaps this is in part because of its close proximity to the New Year in the Gregorian calendar. But liturgically, Epiphany has...

things i have learned in my first week as a minister

Katie Z. — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:19:00 +0000

in no particular order: 1) no one notices if you skip the Lord’s Prayer during communion – it was printed in the bulletin… it should have been in my script… but since I switched to a special Epiphany litany, the one with just the great thanksgiving and not the whole shebang, I totally missed it....

first sermon…

Katie Z. — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:05:00 +0000

I’ve been working on my sermon for days… it was supposed to be done yesterday at the latest, but here I am, on friday night, on my day off, working on my sermon. I don’t even have a proper desk in my office at home yet, so I’m sitting on the floor, laptop on my...

last sunday off

Katie Z. — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:41:00 +0000

so, this weekend was my last one before starting as the pastor of my new church. I thought about forty times about whether I should go to church there, or take the morning off, or go somewhere else. In most cases, a pastoral move is made during the middle of the week and you start...