The world seems pretty overwhelming these days. We watch hurricanes and tornadoes and floods and fires destroy the lives of thousands of people, and we don’t even know how to start grieving. We worry that we have passed a tipping point in the destruction of the earth. We worry that we have passed a tipping… Read More
Friday Festival: Storms
When I was a child, at the first sign of the deep blue midday sky, my anxiety-ridden stomach would begin to churn. I knew what was coming but didn’t know the severity. Sometimes tornado sirens would wail in the background. Other times, we would just experience a run-of-the-mill summer storm. After I moved to Florida… Read More
Friday Festival: Relationships Reconsidered
With honesty and tenderness, our bloggers are considering relationships this week – with God, with Jesus, with our stuff and with a lamented mother, who has just died. The hard work of stopping the rush of her life has Sally Coleman thinking about where God is inviting her to sing a new song. “I have… Read More
Friday Festival
There are changes afoot. Here within RevGals over the next half year things will change, people will change. Life moves on… some things will remain constant of course, but things are moving. There are changes afoot. Here in Earlston, in the Scottish Borders, on Sunday I will tell my congregation that after more than eight… Read More
Friday Festival: Breathing Room
It’s been a chaotic week for me, not so much in my life’s activities, but in my mind and in my spirit. I have been craving calm, a respite from what I sometimes call my “mental hyperventilating.” These posts by fellow RevGals offered an oasis of serenity for me, and I hope for you as… Read More
Friday Festival: Longreads
I’m a fan of Longreads and look forward to their email on Fridays featuring a top 5 for the week, on important topics ranging from maternal mortality among Black women in the United States to the cost of insulin and whimsical subjects like the magic of a ramen restaurant in Tokyo. This week I am… Read More
Friday Festival: Hot and Cold Running Wisdom
Sitting in front of fans and air conditioning units, our bloggers are digging deep within for wisdom. While many of us want to flop on the couch with beach books, or are now finding ourselves in mid-winter, depending on where we live, our bloggers are mining the depths for unexpected gems of wisdom. The body… Read More
Friday Festival
It is almost 6 pm on a summer Friday; the air is heavy and storm clouds are brooding overhead; I began collating the content of today’s Festival around 7.30 this morning and I had planned to have it finished and posted well before lunchtime. Then at 9 am I received a very unexpected call: a… Read More
Friday Festival: Not Inventing Work
Earlier this week, a friend described the rare gift of a quiet time on the schedule as a gift that should not be spoiled by inventing work. There is work and worry enough coming at us from all directions in these days. Each of us has a different context, so the things that weigh heavily… Read More
Friday Festival: Questions and answers
How did you sleep last night? Marilyn Pagán-Banks writes, Everything that has to be done, everything that should have gotten done, everything I did, everything I messed up, ev.er.y.thing plays out in my mind as I try to go to sleep and in those waking moments throughout the night. Read the rest of Body Talk, today’s UCC… Read More
