I have never been much of a cook or a baker. I found my speciality is appetizers…you know the kind that take three ingredients and at tops 10 minutes to make? That was more my speed. But during Christmas and around the holidays, I find that I can slow down enough to not have a …
Santa brought the pups (and their running buddy!) a new splitter leash. The leash goes around my waist and then the pups share one leash so that they aren’t dragging me in two different directions. We tried it out this morning and it was so funny to watch Willie and Waylon’s face as they tried …
There aren’t words to express how incredibly blessed I am this Christmas to be a new wife, a new mom, a new Reverend. There have been few times in my life that I have felt that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and doing what I was created to do, but tonight …
This Christmas, Sam and I are celebrating with two new members of our family: Willie and Waylon. As we have both watched the ads for adopting puppies, we have almost convinced ourselves that we could take on another one . . . almost : ) I was just looking at the Barnes and Noble list …
The second chapter in Luke, which is often used as a lectionary passage during this Advent season tells the story of Nary being told by the angels that she was to give birth to the Son of God. After this happens and she has the child, Mary and Joseph are visited by shepherds. We don’t …
Twas the Night before Ordination, and all through the house, not a creature was sitting, not even a… Ok, that’s not true. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this night is full of restlessness and wrestling because it is so much like the first night I knew without a doubt that I had to …
When we were young, my grandfather was the chaplain at a retirement home and so there were many Sunday lunches shared in the cafeteria and many people whose rooms or tables we stopped by as the grandchildren of the chaplain. What I didn’t know at the time is those Sunday afternoons were part of my …
I’ve been told that it is common for women who have been married for a month or so to long for a new look most often in the form of a new haircut or maybe chop is the right word. That hair that has been grown out to do the wedding hairdo, just won’t do …
Ok, I give up. I’ve now been asked at least 5 times this week alone if I am doing ok. You know I thought I was, but now I’m wondering if I am! Sure, I’ve gotten married, accepted an interim pastor position and moved to a new city in less than 3 months. That’s not …
When you are starting something new (and boy have I this fall!), finding someone else out there in the world who is going through a little of what you are going through can make all the difference in the world. A ran across a new blog today written by Nish Weiseth. This is enough to …
