This week I found so many posts about “over and above” leadership roles some of us have taken on. Each has provided, in their reflections, learnings and challenges that can benefit us all. Take a look: In early June, Ashley was the preacher for weeks 1 & 2 of Montreat High School Youth Conferences. Six… Read More
Wednesday Festival: Dusk & Dawn
As some of us are welcoming the dusk of Wednesday, others of us in the RevGalBlogPals community are already greeting the dawn of Thursday. Whatever the time and season in our own lives and geography, it is grounding (to me at least) to be reminded by friends & colleagues that many times and many seasons unfold simultaneously — within… Read More
Wednesday Festival: writing about the Pulse shooting in Orlando
RevGals and Pals are praying and writing about the mass-shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on Sunday. It was Latin night at the gay club, in Pride month. Fifty people are dead. The Orlando Sentinel has profiles of the 49 people who were shot. If you are wondering how to preach in the aftermath of… Read More
A Summer Wednesday Festival!
Last week it was Istanbul and Scotland. This week it’s Rome and Winnipeg. Those are the places my family and friends have gone. I myself have made it as far as Cincinnati, where my dad had a major heart procedure, and where I discovered this Woman and Water bronze fountain sculpture by Matt Kotlkarczyk on… Read More
Wednesday Festival – How is it June already?!
Today is the last day of school here. My youngest has the last full school day in his academic career today. Next year, he will be a high school senior. Around here, that means his schedule will look more like the schedule of a college kid. I love that our local system helps our seniors… Read More
Wednesday Festival: Try A Little Tenderness
“Love like your life depends on it, because it does.” ~Michael Franti, “Speaking of Tongues” (Stay Human 2001) Tenderness is needed these days, tenderness and grace, tenderness and grace and a whole lotta love — the “I see you” love of friends, the wild love of newlyweds, the struggling love of self-acceptance, the rooted love… Read More
Wednesday Festival: ordination vows
In the tradition I’m part of, the days between Pentecost and Trinity Sunday are Ember Days – days when we pray for the Ministry of the Church and Ordinands. In some places it is also the custom to write a letter to your Bishop, reflecting on ministry. As I have read around the RevGal Blog… Read More
Wednesday Festival
Posts on social justice and deep relationship scattered around the blog ring this week! Here’s a fascinating post from Amy, which she describes as “the second in a series of 3 posts that are part of an ongoing conversation at The Riverside Church on how the whole church is called to do the work of… Read More
Wednesday Festival – Marking Time in May
It is interesting to mark time in ways that most other do not. We see it often in the liturgical calendar & sometimes feel out of step with the secular world. Today was the last day of my Spring Semester. All the work is done. My College Kids still have two weeks, the High Schoolers… Read More
Wednesday Festival: Changing Our View
I am changing my view this week by changing locations; it’s only temporary for the duration of a retreat, but the shift in geography is significant enough that within moments of arriving I find myself breathing differently, deeper, slower, with more appreciation. Taking another look, finding a new view of our daily scenery, considering a… Read More
