Reading through the blogs in our RevGalBlogPals community is like visiting with friends. This week, we take a ride with Kim at Sandpiper’s Thoughts and adjust our Expectations. I was riding the elevator this afternoon. There are expectations about elevator protocol, aren’t there? Are you like me, and I suspect like many other people, who… Read More
This still life: a prayer for New Year’s Day
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Psalm 8:3-4 On my desk, where I wrestle with your word, week in and week out, –year in today–… Read More
Angels Around Us: a Christmas greeting
Believing in angels feels feverish, dizzy, unwise. But Mary Oliver, in her poem, “The World I Live In,” raises the right challenge: if we don’t believe, if we don’t open ourselves to the possibility the way saints and poets do, how will we ever see the angels around us? A couple of Decembers ago my… Read More
Friday Festival: Conversations with friends
Here at the Manse, we are counting down the days to Christmas and checking the weather forecast. The wind has been a little too high for the Christmas dragon with moving wings and his companion, so we have piles of fabric in our yard. There’s always something wistful about these few days, particularly in the… Read More
Give to RevGalBlogPals!
Give to the RevGals fundraiser today and be entered into a drawing for lovely prizes you can see in this video, donated by RevGals Board President Julia Seymour and Executive Director Martha Spong. There are three ways we encourage you to give: Make a one-time gift through our Facebook fundraiser. Set up a recurring gift… Read More
Friday Festival: The spaces we inhabit
At the end of a week full of media input, a busy work schedule juggling tasks even more varied than usual, and with a day off full of appointments ahead, I’m mindful of the spaces we inhabit. Sometimes we have control over our own environments, but more often not. This week, our bloggers take us… Read More
Friday Festival: Taking Notice
Living in a manse across from the church my wife serves, on a corner where both streets are well-traveled, and given that we spend a fair amount of time outside with our two dogs, and some of those times one is less willing than the other to embark on a walk, we feel noticed —… Read More
Big Event 2020 – More singles + commuter tickets!
We have added more singles and some commuter tickets for Big Event 2020: From Vision to Action, January 27-31, 2020 at the Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida. Click here to register by October 31st. Three outstanding clergywomen will share their stories and help participants explore how a vision for ministry becomes action in the world. Our… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Help Your Neighbours
The harvest of my potatoes and courgettes from my small garden provide me with the hope of an oasis in the desert. For it seems like every other grain of sand is yet another story of disappointment, denial and destruction. Where, I wonder, are the leaders who are prepared to stand up for citizens, whoever… Read More
Friday Festival: Stories told and lessons learned
I’m coaching some new clients, and our initial sessions always include some intentional conversation about their lives and ministry settings. A quick recitation of facts can only tell us so much about a person or a predicament. When we go deeper, not only do we get to know the storyteller, but we may also see… Read More
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