Inside the Minds of Valerie and Mike (and Anna)
During Lent this year I will be posting a series of weekly reflections with a specific community in mind, but which I hope will resonate with a wider audience. Many of the themes, if not all, are fairly universal in nature and have been recurring themes in my ponderings lately…lately also meaning the past few... Continue Reading →
There’s nothing quite like going back to school after decades away than by jumping into a semester long class in biblical Greek and cramming it all into two weeks. I guess this is my “What Did You Do This Summer?” essay. Because that is exactly what I did…started a new graduate degree with what is... Continue Reading →
I’m writing this in the closing hour on the eve of a new journey. Tomorrow, today by the time this piece is posted, is the first day of class…Biblical Greek. Welcome to seminary. Let’s start by learning a new, but ancient, language and grammar that really was glossed over all those years ago in primary... Continue Reading →
Back in April I did something 20-year old me would have never, ever, thought would be a possibility or of interest. My undergraduate years and graduate studies were focused on architecture. As a little girl I loved Legos, model building, and designing. Add to that the fact that my favorite grandfather had helped build the... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week I went up to our local Lutheran camp and retreat center, Mar-Lu Ridge, for a morning of quilt assembling. After we were all done, before I drove home, I went into the chapel. The chapel is an A-frame structure with a wall of glass behind the altar that faces west with a... Continue Reading →
That was the question put to me recently by my pastor. My initial answer…I didn’t know. Words were, are, failing me at this moment. Of course the question and answers simmered after we hung up. The short answer would be the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful. At the moment, do I have a... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I listened to a podcast episode titled “What Are We Doing and Why Are We Doing It?” This podcast is an ELCA Youth Ministry Network creation. You can listen to it here, https://www.elcaymnet.org/3tcepisode11. In this particular episode, while the focus was on youth ministry, the topic really applies to the... Continue Reading →
I had heard that the Gathering was big. I knew 30,000 was the typical attendance. I had heard of the energy that emanated from it, especially from the Mass Gatherings. I saw the Facebook posts suggesting getting ear plugs. And let’s not forget that this was Houston at the end of June…so, it was going... Continue Reading →
We are human. We are all part of families. But more importantly we are Christians and we are all children of God. Recently we celebrated the Baptism of our Lord, and we are called to remember our own baptism and what it means for us today. “Children of God, you have been sealed by the... Continue Reading →
For quite a while lately, church has failed to move me. I have been going through the motions, hoping that something might eventually speak to me, to inspire me, to challenge me, to ... something. As I move to reclaim my life now that it no longer is a slave to a killer commute, I have made... Continue Reading →
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