Easter 2011 – Eileen Campbell-Reed

June 8, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter XIII

Cry of Absence The mornings are so hot already. It’s only June. But heat + humidity = heat index of unbearable. I rolled out early to run this morning. Wednesdays rarely hold any exercise. Full days followed by church and…

June 4, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter XII

Take and Eat For a second year we are gardening on a grand scale. Well, to be honest, my husband is gardening on a grand scale and I’m supportive and help when I can. He and my daughter and a…

June 1, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter XI

Grading Do you think Jesus graded on a curve? I doubt it. Did he reduce people to numbers or letters? Can’t think of one instance like that. Does giving grades help us follow Jesus? Nope. I’m not up with that…

May 29, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter X

A Brief History of Reading Part II (a story continued) So what happened? Why has fiction reading ebbed away? No single reason presents itself, but like certain public events, credit and blame can be spread around in a number of…

May 26, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter IX

Hanging Out with Baptist Scholars The first half of my week was spent hanging out with Baptist scholars. (Yes, sometimes even professors and graduate students hang out.) We were gathered at the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR).…

May 21, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter VIII

A Brief History of Reading Part I (mine, not everyone else’s) Although it is tempting tonight to try and be clever about today’s failed prediction of the rapture, I’ll resist. Most of my friends on fb – and the rest of…

May 18, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter VII

Carpet and Other Upheavals Getting new carpet is a lot like moving. Inside your own house. When we moved into this house eleven years ago the carpet needed replacing. But I’d given up a full time job to go back to…

May 15, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter VI

Peer Support for Ministry This morning I attended an amazing and empowering service of ordination at Glendale Baptist Church where I am a member. We gave our blessings to The (newly minted) Reverend Claire McKeever-Burgett who has been one of…

May 11, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter V

Delta Dash My first meeting of the day ended at promptly at 8:30 this morning. I headed up to my office to take care of a few things. On the spur of the moment, I decide to see if any…

May 7, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter IV

Sorting As I look around it seems like everything I can lay my eyes on needs sorting. My purse is bulging with receipts and business cards and who knows what else. My back pack needs to be dumped and reorganized…

May 4, 2011April 22, 2022Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter III

Advocacy +++++++++++++++ “One of the hardest things women in ministry have to do is advocate for themselves.” Monday. I’m sitting in on a monthly meeting of the “Heightening the Role of Women in Baptist Life.” It is a conversation hosted…

May 1, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter II

Race Day 4:00 a.m. – the crickets in my phone start chirping. 4:33 a.m. – I’m driving down my driveway eating breakfast in the car – hard boiled eggs and a couple slices of very crunchy bacon and white bread,…

April 27, 2011Easter 2011 Keeper of the Fire - Year A by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Easter I

Whale and Moose “One time a whale was a friend with a moose.” That’s how my daughter’s latest story begins. She’s been bringing them home from school. I asked if I could share it with my friends. “You mean like…

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