Our bloggers are offering their thoughts from the places they are. Whether it’s the season, or a challenge, or the hospital, each of them is writing from “right here, right now” this week. Stuck. The word sounds like the feeling. Elizabeth Hagan is reflecting on what to do when we feel stuck. Thinking about her… Read More
Friday Festival – All Things new
I am your new host for Friday Festival on the second Friday – over in the Blog Team we each have roles to play – prayer writers; political observers; lectionary WonderWomen… you name it, and we probably have a go at it. Robin has been the second week host for some time, and, ready to… Read More
Friday Festival: Harbingers of Hope
The image is totally out of season for the northern hemisphere, but one of my favorite flowers is the crocus. It is an audacious harbinger of hope that will not be deterred even by several inches of snow still on the ground. It’s been a hard week for many in the RevGals community. In addition… Read More
Friday Festival: Mindfulness
Mindfulness is not my strong suit. Not even close. But in these rage-filled days … rage-filled months, rage-filled years, and — let’s be honest — rage-filled generations, because when in all of history has evil not pounded against the well-being of those it strives to oppress and derived its very life from the breath of… Read More
Friday Festival: Displaced
Our bloggers are talking about the experience of being displaced, moved out of the familiar into something new. Life moves us into new places and routines, or God can call us into a holy displacement. It’s a mystery gift that involves discomfort as we move toward something different. Other times it’s just painful. As relationships… Read More
Friday Festival: The Gray In-Between Times
Maybe because I’m pondering transitions in my own life these days, I saw a lot of images of transition and writing about transition in our blogs this week. Maybe it’s the gray sky that marks the transition from night to day or from clear sky to hurricane-force winds. Maybe it’s the transition from work to… Read More
Friday Festival: What Will Be Your Legacy?
As I write this, I’m watching the Aretha Franklin’s celebration of life service. Rev. Robert Smith Jr. posed the question “will you leave this world better than when you found it?” Such a question is one for all of us to ponder in our lives and one that many of our writers have reflected upon… Read More
Friday Festival: Lasting Gifts
In summer’s last days, I have the sense of time zipping past – the days feel fleeting. Our bloggers offer a vision of things that last, some of which may be a little too permanent. Jan Edmiston is questioning what to do when your church sign is a tombstone. Does it – unintentionally or not… Read More
Friday Festival ~ It’s Still Summer!
In some ways, it’s been too fast (vacations speed by) and in some ways too slow (the heat does not speed at all), but it ~ Summer ~ is not over yet. And we are walking and remembering and unwinding and caretaking and assessing. I’ve done what Michelle Francl of Quantum Theology notes is wise,… Read More
Friday Festival: Summer Companions
Our bloggers are finding interesting company this August, as summer begins to wind down. Their companions, human and otherwise, reveal places where God is at work, re-shaping us even more fully into the divine image within us. Susan K. Smith is considering the company we keep when we are silent about white supremacy. She recalls… Read More
