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…

Metamorphosis

Today, in one of my classes, I was asked about whether going to Seminary could cause a person to lose their faith……….Interesting question…… When I first sensed what I now know as a “call to ministry”……I had no idea what was happening to me or why. All that I knew was that a job that…

A Mother’s Heart in a Pastor’s Body

My husband gets me a card now on Mother’s Day. He gets it but I had to explain to him, a number of years ago, that I needed a card on Mother’s Day……That’s OK. A lot of people don’t understand how to deal with us. I like to call us the silent mothers- those who…

Who Matters to Jesus?

Have you ever felt left out? Rejected? Like nobody could see you? I have. One of the worst times for me was Junior High School. If people can survive Junior High- they can survive anything. Without question the worst part of Junior High is the dreaded hour known as P.E.- Physical Education……Gym class. In gym…