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Retirement and figuring out what I am going to do when I grow up
So, I got a call (telephone, not God) this week from an interim stated supply who thought I should talk to her church about becoming their stated supply. I reluctantly agreed to come and talk to the...
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Miscellany
Lots going on in my head this morning.What is church for? Well I can't find the post, but a seminary friend posted a rant about critiques of sermons by parishioners. When I posted on another forum that...
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Friday Five Stormy Weather Edition
From Martha1) What's the most common kind of storm in your neck of the woods?We get lots of thunderstorms and tornado warnings, watches and actual tornadoes. I love thunderstorms. When I was in...
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Pictures from Bhutan and Thailand
I've posted a few of my pictures (mercifully only a handful of the couple of thousand I took) at my new live journal photo blog.The first post is here You should be able to navigate to the next two...
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Friday Five: Gratitude
We lead privileged lives.True, some are more privileged than others but the fact that we are communicating right now via technological devices puts us in the privileged category.There are many perks in...
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One Perfect Day
I have been thinking of volunteering with a hospice. One of the volunteer options is to help provide "one perfect day" for one of their clients. The client describes what their one perfect day would be...
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Friday Five: Pies
Happy post Thanksgiving avoid the mall day. I'm waiting till it warms up a bit for my run. In other news, I have a leaking roof and I'm leaving for Cleveland today and Ethiopia on Sunday. Won't be back...
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Musings about Ethiopia and travel.
Two blogs this morning resonated with me this morning. The first talked about finding a guide who would show the blogger around sample as much food in Mumbai as possible, The second by a PCUSA educator...
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Ethiopia--things that amazed me
1. The thing that amazed me most was the interior of the churches in Lalibela. The churches in Lalibela are carved into the volcanic rock. Imagine, you are on a mountain made of volcanic rock. Then...
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Friday Five: The Janus Post
I'm not a big fan of New Year's resolutions, but it does seem a good time for some reflection and planning. For the last few days I keep thinking of Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we...
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Ethiopia Pictures
A long slide show of my pictures is hereYou can speed up the slide show by moving the cursor and a speed menu will pop up
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Birthdays-Revgalblogpals
April is a month of family birthdays for me: Today is my mother-in-law's 80th birthday and on Sunday my third child's 26th birthday, so I am thinking about birthdays. Easter would have been my mother's...
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Authenticity and Integrity
I was intrigued by an article in the NYTimes on authenticity. It's a big word today. Everyone wants to be authentic. What I hear when I hear authenticity is being true to one's self. Being who one is,...
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Friday Five--Seeking what?
So Jan posted on RevGalBlogPals I was struck in our weekly Lectio Divina group by a few verses from Psalm 105:3-4:. . . let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord and his...
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VietNam Journal
VietNam November December 2011At some point in almost every trip I've taken overseas, I think how grateful I am to be an American. This trip it came much earlier than usual.. About three days into the...
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Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos
Tuesday (Nov 29) We were off to Luang Prabang. I had decided to add Laos to the itinerary simply because it was there. I had originally thought to visit Vietanenne because it is the capital, but...
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Friday Five
From RevGalBlogPalsA simple Friday Five for a busy part of the year; indulge me by sharing two fives:As you look back over 2011 share 5 blessings, they can be as grand or as simple as you like,if you...
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That We But Mortals Be
I have avoided reading The Fault in our Stars by John Green, though several of my friends on FB raved about the book. I tend to avoid anything concerning cancer by anyone who has not been there. Like...
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Food
Trying to be more mindful as I eat, I looked at my spinach salad: dark green spinach leaves; cherry red tomatoes and bright orange carrots nestling under the shelter of the spinach. It struck me that...
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Friday Five!
RevGalBlogPals Friday Five1. Name a woman author you very much love to read.Well, I love Barbara Brown Taylor, but so does almost everyone else. I confess my favorite reads are women detectives by...
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