I receieved a frantic phone call on Friday: “The pastor who was suppose to pray on Monday had surgery for throat cancer. Do you know anyone who could come?” “Would they mind a woman?”, was my response, trying to be sensitive to expectations (and maybe hoping Jeff would go instead!).
I am glad I went. I’m [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Memorial Day and Being a Pastor
Posted in faith, musings, tagged memorial day, pastor on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Gratitude for the South
Posted in faith, musings, tagged Amy-Jill Levine, Great Emergence, the South on May 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I had a wonderful time in Nashville this last week with eleven amazing women. We studied with Amy-Jill Levine, read the Great Emergence, ate some wonderful meals, laughed until our sides ached, cried with and for one another, prayed, and renewed our souls. It was pure gift. It was an honor to be included and [...]
I Have Succumbed
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As my spouse will tell you, I often mock something and then decide I really could use it. Email (I thought we could share an account); Palm; GPS; and now twitter. Although JP does not twitter.
But I do. God forgive me.
Violence and the Cross
Posted in faith, musings on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never been one to wear a cross. I have a handful of them in my dresser that have been gifts to me on various occasions. Partly, it is because I’m not much of a jewelry person. A greater part of it is what that cross means and how it has been usurped by Christians [...]
40 Prayers of Hope and Gratitude
Posted in PCUSA, musings on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bruce Reyes-Chow, moderator of the PCUSA and a colleague from past Montreat events is celebrating 40 tomorrow and offered a challenge to his readers to make a list of 40 things for which you are grateful, gives you hope or are in need of God’s healing. Since it has been a few months since I made [...]
