Scholastica When I was starting out in ministry, I drove four hours every couple of months to meet up with three other women in ministry for connection and support. We laughed and cried together and told each other about our lives, ministries,…
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Lenten Lights FF ~ Guest Post by Michaela O’Donnell Long Today’s photo and reflection come from photographer, media producer, and friend, Michaela O’Donnell Long.* “Morning Door” by Michaela O’Donnell Long I work from home. Well, technically, I work from my garage-turned-studio.…
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Breather For three weeks I’ve worked at a sprinter’s pace, with the urgency of a spiritual quest, and supported by friends, family and colleagues, on completing my book. This push comes at the end of several years of steady work,…
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“Bless our loved ones everywhere” The third Sunday of Advent* is upon us, and I don’t know about you, but the power of overwhelming circumstances seems to be at every turn. Semesters are ending for students. Financial budgets are coming…
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Upcoming Engagements April 1, 2016 Scholastica Luncheon for Women in Ministry Report from the Thailand Pilgrimage Scarritt-Bennett Center Nashville, Tennessee 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Register Here April 7, 2016 Festival of Young (Women) Preachers Sponsored by the Alliance…
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Essential Rest I can’t think of a better time to write about rest. I’m just coming off nearly three weeks of travel. It became longer than planned because of a death in our family. My husband’s grandfather died this week, and…
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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…
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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…
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Hospitality (Part IV) This series on hospitality began several posts ago in a Fellowship Hall not far from here. Tonight I want to invite you back to that same Fellowship Hall . . . about seven years ago. It was…
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We looked around the room. Then we did a little mental head scratching. Half the fellowship hall had been cleared. Now to set things up. We’ve all done this before.
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Last time I checked in, I was still in a state of dazed confusion. But grateful for the disorientation of not knowing and on my way to part two of the celebration of Eid ul-fitr. My pastors and I had been at a gathering of several thousand Muslims for their prayer service following on the end of Ramadan.
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