I’m not satisfied with Sunday School answers. I come by this quality honestly as I’m sure I inherited at least part of my inquiring mind from my mother. She “graduated” early from Confirmation classes because the Pastor couldn’t deal with her challenging questions for another year. Not that she quit asking them, mind you. I […]
When I was in Jr. High, the really gifted kids went to SEEK. I’m not sure what it stands for – I guess I never did know – but it was clear that the SEEK kids were at least a notch above the rest of us, since they were allowed to escape Mr. Vega’s social […]
I’m preparing for a women’s retreat today. It’s a rainy, chilly autumn day and so my mind has wandered from the task at hand to a snowy, chilly winter day… years ago. My first retreat. The first retreat I ever planned and led was in February 2006, and it was truly a labor of LOVE. […]
Every now and then, we miss the point. Every now and then, we get too focused on the shoes and we simply miss the point. After my first blog post, just over one week ago, I ran into a friend who had read “My Pink Shoes” and had left an amazingly encouraging comment in response. […]
There goes another Tuesday morning Bible study… 13 women armed with coffee cups (correction: 12 coffee cups, one tea cup) and Bibles were once again hijacked by the Holy Spirit. This phenomenon, happening with increasing frequency, takes the entire circle of women in my living room on one WILD ride through a full range of […]
The “sacred” and “holy” doesn’t always look like what you might expect, as this experience on a Labyrinth proved to me.