Oh Captain, My Captain…….

Our “Summer of Rest” is almost over. Two more long weekends and it will be time to conquer what I like to call “The Final Frontier”. We will be focusing on cleaning out and hopefully selling my family home. A giant estate sale is in the works. We plan to sell or donate almost everything…

Lessons From a No Longer Overworked Fixer

So my summer sabbatical experiment is almost over…….. I only have three long weekends left. Thought that those of you who are following my blog might like to know what I have learned during my “summer of rest”. 1. In my entire adult life, I have worked way too hard and have never had enough…

Vision Quest

We have just returned from another five days aboard our 32 foot Trimaran, Oasis. Allan and I spent a beautiful day relaxing on our mooring in Padanaram Harbor and then on to Cuttyhunk for four days of more beautiful weather, the annual 4th of July golf cart parade and a church service that always makes…

Is Time Really Real??

There is a song by James Taylor, that I have loved since I was a kid….. “The secret of life Is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it, There ain’t nothing to it.” I love that song. There is a whole lot of wisdom in it. When I was a kid, I…

So……..what’s next???

So……long time, no blog. It has been a while since I have posted. Not because I had nothing to write about- (yeah-THAT never happens!)- but I have not had the time and space to process all that has happened these past few months. I graduated from Seminary, and then came home to finish up another…

Journaling with Oswald…..The Burning Heart

I am journaling through one of my favorite devotionals, Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest, using the “SOAP” format that I learned through an online group that I recently participated in at church. I decided this morning to share some of my journal entries on my blog. Since I am two papers away from…

God’s Plan B…….

I think that I know what is best for myself. I think that I know how my life should unfold and I love to tell God how to accomplish my purposes. One of the greatest and best known prayers in the Christian faith says the scariest words of all- “Thy will be done”. I pray…

Where Is Your Treasure?

Tomorrow is the end of my four week experiment of fasting from consumerism. Of all of the spiritual disciplines that I have practiced, this may be the one that has opened my eyes the most. It started out as a desire to submit my financial behavior to God. I was unhappy with the amount of…

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

I have identified with Charlie Brown in “The Charlie Brown Christmas” since I was a very little girl. The first time I can remember crying at the reading of Scripture was when Linus gets up on that stage and reads from Luke’s gospel. It still slays me every year…… I think the reason I feel…