Won’t You Be My Neighbor??

​A few weeks ago, my church community participated in a community service project called “Project 40”.  The goal of this project was to reach out to others in our community with the love of Jesus.  For forty hours, many people in our church were involved in all types of community service.  One lady organized a…

My Best Friend

I’ve been writing about my greatest blessings in life during the month of November. Today is a day where I reflect on one of the very, very best ones- My marriage to my husband Allan. Today is our 13th wedding anniversary. We were together for three years prior to being married so all in all…

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…