Have You Ever Wondered if God is Really There?

Have you ever wondered if God is really there? In the movie Bruce Almighty, Jim Carey plays Bruce Nolan, a man who believes that God is messing with his life, or perhaps, even worse, ignoring him entirely. Bruce is a successful news reporter in Buffalo New York. He is one of those guys in the…

My Latest (and oldest) Obsession

I have recently fallen into an old obsession of mine……..One that I have had since I was very young. It is rather a macabre obsession and I have been wondering where it is coming from lately. The obsession that I am referring to is The Holocaust. I know- it’s probably not the healthiest of obsessions………

The Power of Mentoring

When I started in seminary, eight years ago, one of the first things I was required to have was a mentor. It seemed logical and natural that my mentor would be my pastor, who was supporting me spiritually already.  In addition, I was told that it would be a good idea to have a spiritual…

Welcome to My Life!

So I have been dreaming of starting a blog ever since falling in love with the movie “Julie and Julia”.  I am sure that I am one of thousands of people who watched that movie and thought-  “I could do that”.  Of course, Julie had a really cool project to follow- making all of the…