reverb10 – Salvaged Faith

a strange beauty… #reverb10

Katie Z. — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:04:00 +0000

A few days ago, I happened to catch an interview with Simone Dinnerstein on NPR. She has come out with an album that is an interpretation of Bach masterpieces for piano called “A Strange Beauty.” The pieces themselves are wondrous and in the interview she talked about how she almost invisions them as jazz compositions. The...

stitch and bitch #reverb10

Katie Z. — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:10:00 +0000

I first learned how to knit sitting next to my college president’s wife – Patty LaGree. We were hanging out in the lounge of the chapel and she taught a small group of us how to cast on and knit and purl. I was hooked (haha, no pun intended.) I made a few things here...

so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen… #reverb10

Katie Z. — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:04:00 +0000

As a pastor, funerals are a part of my life. I help families and friends say good bye to loved ones all the time. This year, I also acted in some ways as a family chaplain and buried two people in my husband’s family. We really do have an important gap in the family Christmas...

walking on sunshine #reverb10

Katie Z. — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:44:00 +0000

This prompt is HARD!!! First of all, I took a lot of pictures this year, so that was problem number one not a lot with me in them! Second, there are so many different “mes” I have tried to be this year. But In answer to the prompt: December 25 – Photo – Sift through...

twinkle, twinkle, little star #reverb10

Katie Z. — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:39:00 +0000

Last night…. well, this morning… I drove home at 3:00am in the morning from a friend’s party. It was about four degrees outside and the sky was absolutley clear. The air was crisp and clean and the stars were so bright and vivid that you felt you could reach out and literally pluck them from...

Anne (with an ‘e’) #reverb10

Katie Z. — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:08:00 +0000

One of my favorite television series/movies of all time is Anne of Green Gables. I must admit, rather sheepishly, that I have NOT read the books. I need to. I know I do. They will be my first purchase when I get an e-reader. I promise. (I actually began typing this post before Christmas… got...

Dead or Alive… #reverb10

Katie Z. — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:49:00 +0000

In March of this year, my mom’s whole family traveled to Hawaii together. It’s not the first time we have made the trip and it certainly won’t be the last. It is sort of an extended family reunion that happens every few years – all beginning when I was only five years old! Our time...

Don’t Try… DO! #reverb10

Katie Z. — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:13:00 +0000

For me, the word try has some negative connotations. As in – if you are trying to do something, you aren’t really, actually, doing it. Kaileen Elise challegned us today: December 18 – Try What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you...

Jumping Through Hoops #reverb10

Katie Z. — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:23:00 +0000

I came late to this Reverb10 party, so I have been trying to do some catch-up on the prompts. And I found myself absolutely stuck. frozen. unable to think or move or do. I was floored by my inability to respond to some of these prompts. December 17 – Lesson Learned What was the best...

Long-Distance Friendships #reverb10

Katie Z. — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:45:00 +0000

Being a pastor in a small town makes it really hard to build and maintain friendships. Well, maybe that should be rephrased… makes it really hard to build and maintain the kind of friendships where you get to actually spend face to face time with one another. In college, I lived in a small intentional...