For the first time in two years, I was not an attendee of my Diocese’s Annual Convention. Best Dude & I ha planed a trip long before we knew the dates of DioCGC12, so I took this as a sign from God that it is time fo someone else to experience serving a lay delegate [...]
Today is Day 8. Bishop Katharine gave me a challenging meditation on which to ponder. She tells a story of bringing Communion to some residents in a nursing home. In this particular nursing home , Bishop Katharine inadvertently gave Communion to a Jewish woman who had come to receive the Bread & Cup of life. [...]
It was a full morning in the day of Small Parish. We had ONE Mass at 9 in the morning Central Standard Time, followed by our Annual Parish Meeting. At this meeting we elect vestry members { who serve a three-year term} plus three lay delegates to the annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of [...]
Many American women I know use Halloween to dress in less-than-modest costumes all in the name of ” Let’s pretend”. my sixty something mother chose to dress as a 1920′s flapper for a party but I chose to don some ” vestments” and pay tribute to ++Katharine Jefferts-Schori. I’m not sure that my bishop will [...]
Thanks to my friend,Holly, I now own a hardback copy of a title that has been on my ” must-read” list since the day it arrived on shelves. My next book of choice is _Dilemma_ by Albert Cutie+ {pronounced koo-tee eh} . his story is more than one of sex, love and a former Roman [...]
In the wake of way too much government interference in the daily lives of we citizens,my heart is warmed when hear { ia Facebook} of all the help that the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is getting from Bama’s biggest rival, Auburn University. As a Crimson Tide gal in Northwest Florida I am delighted to see [...]
For those of y’all who: A} do not attend my church and/or B} do not yet use social media , { I did Tweet & use FB updates via phone while at Convention & I am not ashamed to admit this publicly.} here is my report from the 2011 Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of [...]
I am all packed for my two day Convention trip over to coastal Alabama. And I’ve lost most of my speaking voice! Of course this HAD to happen the week of the Convention in my Diocese….grrr. But I am excited anyhow, as I’ll see many of my friends from around the Diocese. I’ll arrive on [...]
This past Monday I finally got around to reading the Convention packet that showed up in my mailbox Friday. We’ve 6 different resolution on which to vote & most of them are easy. However, one of them really made me angry…& I hope & pray that this resolution won’t pass. My priest says that he [...]
I finally recieved my 2011 Dio Convention packet in the mail yesterday. I opened the thick envelope this morning & scanned the list of lay delegates to see who else I might know from other parishes & was glad to see several familar names. I TRIED to read the first two resolutions, but the legalese [...]
