Yesterday during our weekly EFM { Education for Ministry} seminar, it was my tern to give the annual ” Spiritual Autobiography” I’ve discovered that every year that I do this excercise, it becomes slightly easier to do *AND* I am lead by he Spirit to share { and omit} different parts of my Christian journey. [...]
Dear Teenaged Sarah: I know that high school sucks, but I promise that things will get better. You have so much to look forward to in the near future, including college. Everyone says that college is nothing like high school & this is correct. You’ll move away from your parents for the first time, meet [...]
” It takes a village to raise a child.”~ Hillary Clinton. On Sunday evening my little parish hosted our first Episcopal Youth Connection{ EYC} meeting in the parish hall. The program was ” Popcorn Theology” , so we watched a Harry Potter movie & had a discussion with our young people but the theological symbolism [...]
I am not famous nor rich enough to secure an invite to any college or university’s commencement, but I do have some advice for the Class of 2011. ~ The future is exciting, but don’t forget from whence you came. Maintain roots with your community of origin. ~ Be grateful that you had the opportunity [...]
Today we had ONE Mass followed by our parish’s Annual meeting{ and THEN followed by a monthly Potluck!} Although I generally am not a fan of annual parish meetings, this one went by well. 201o was an…unusual year for me & my parish. But its all good now. When I was a Presbyterian I HATED [...]
Go to www.nanowrimo.com . The month of November is National Novel Writers’ Moth & I m, along with professional & amateur writers gather online to write 50,000 words in ONE month. I did this last year & failed miserably. But anyone who knows me at all knows how stubborn I am & I am trying [...]
I’m home sick today. Yuck. I have a fever, aching bones, a headache & extreme fatigue. Yesterday was spent pretty much napping in my bed & reading a book I’d bought on sale at Barnes & Nobles’ the day before. Even though I felt no appetite, I ate anyhow & right now am feeling slothful [...]
Yah..back in my Presbyterian days I’d written a sermon using this song” I’ll Stand By You” by the 1990′s group The Pretenders. While the video to the song is a bit emo for my usual tastes, I love the words to this song. The refrain, especially, always has special meaning to me. It goes something [...]
So I created another myspace account. Since I am in ministry with youth & children, I figured I might as well start a Myspace again. his me I am not gonna put any” bells & whistles” on my Myspace page nor will I accept the use of any third-party applications. I am still blogging here [...]
I survived my first Sunday as Education Director at my parish. TBTG! I am TIRED but at the same time super-exited about this new ministry. This morning was ” Blessing of the Backpacks & at the later Mass{ the one I usually attend} we had three youngsters come forward for a special blessing in honor [...]
