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Whatever Will Make You Ready
The church in which I grew up had several resources that became common to all of us who spent any sort of significant time there. I’m sure the children of Christ Church have as much familiarity with the Godly… Continue reading
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God Is In The Waiting With Us.
When I was a preschool teacher, one of the greatest joys of that work was watching kids learn how to transition from chaotic scribbles with crayons to slowly learning to control their hands and their writing utensil. It was a… Continue reading
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Deliver Us Not
Taking a break from the podcasts that I had lined up to make the long drive from Abilene to Tennessee to see my family for my first Christmas break from the GST, I keyed into a local radio station, but… Continue reading
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And I Prayed: A Woman’s First Time
I continue to have firsts in the church; today, I taught my first class. While it doesn’t quite compare to serving Eucharist, it was certainly reminiscent of experiencing that first. Last November, after I prayed and served my first Eucharist,… Continue reading
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Nostalgia
Sitting outside of a coffee shop today, talking with a friend, a car passed, and once the street outside the shop was revealed again, I was awash with nostalgia for Brasil. It happens often in Abilene that I experience nostalgia,… Continue reading
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Aftershocks of Hierarchy
Staring at the Gospel of John, chapter 8 specifically, my eyes began to water and the weight of the burden sat on my chest; not of the content, but the expectations held for me in this week’s Greek II assignment.… Continue reading
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And I Prayed: A Woman’s First Time
Somehow, this is different. All week long I’ve been wrestling with why this is different. I have prayed and served communion before in a variety of settings, but somehow I knew today would be different. Yesterday, as my thoughts swam… Continue reading
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Do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? Rumi (via rsvnr) Continue reading
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psychology notes.: the journey, mary oliver
and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own psychotherapy: One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice—though the whole house began to tremble… Continue reading
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soulpancake: Kid President sat down with the one and only Steve Carell to talk about the race for Vice President and meet the dancing minions from DESPICABLE ME 2, in theaters July 3rd! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/) Continue reading


