The biggest thing on the minds of RevGal bloggers this week is, not surprisingly, the COVID-19 virus: how to keep ourselves and our families safe, how to care for the vulnerable people in our communities, how to lead worship without gathering in a large group, how to nurture community when we are physically separated. Ordinarily… Read More
Friday Festival
People are writing a lot, I think. Some folks always write and others are renewing or beginning a practice in this time of distancing, of staying in and working at our computers. So I ask, what’s saving your life this week? For me, it may be my kids playing games (mostly monopoly) together. What’s saving… Read More
Friday Festival
Well now!! Dear Friends, what a time we find ourselves in. All around us there is change and challenge; all around us there are people afraid and anxious, who need our care right now, in a time when we are paralysed and unable to reach out in the ways we normally would. Today’s Friday Festival… Read More
Friday Festival: Leap Year, Super Tuesday, and Other Distractions
It’s been a week with a lot to focus on, and our blog writers have had lots of places to put their attention as they have been writing this week. In the US, the field of Democratic candidates for President has been winnowed (apparently) down to two. Some of our bloggers are grieving, some are… Read More
Friday Festival
Remembering her own mountaintop journeys prompts Martha Spong to reflect on the mystery of the Transfiguration. She poses an interesting question about what the disciples – and we – perceive. “In this era of propaganda and marketing, social media and political campaigns, our perceptions are being messed with all the time. What are we noticing? Has truth changed? How… Read More
Friday Festival: (Re)Gaining Perspective
This week has been an especially difficult one for me. I have watched the world – and people – around me swing wildly from madness to cruelty and back again. I have struggled and failed to keep from getting caught up in the craziness. As I began reading blogs this week, I realized that I… Read More
Friday Festival: Artistic Ventures
Lately, I’ve been spending more time on my artwork, specifically my woodburning. I tend to give myself a tough time when allocating more time on this artwork instead of my writing. But after long days at the church, this type of creation feeds my soul as I feel as if I’m using another part of… Read More
Friday Festival: A last visit
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
Friday Festival: Turning the Corner into a New Year
It’s not just one year ending and another beginning. This year there is the added impact of a new decade. When we write the date, this year we need to retrain our muscle memory to write two different digits instead of just one. The new year was on the minds of a number of our… Read More
Friday Festival: The Other Side of Christmas
Like every other pastor, I struggle with the Christmas Eve sermon. Having spent the year with church members standing by a graveside, or sitting in a claustrophobic hospital consult room, or handing out tissues when there are no words, I wonder what to say when I look into their eyes on Christmas Eve. The good… Read More
