A couple of weeks ago I was getting ready to do a wedding and I couldn’t find the clipboard I usually use to hold my notes. After some rummaging around, I found an old folder that would do the trick. As I was putting my papers in it, I noticed that there was something in…
I am still basking in the glow of an event in which I recently participated: “In the Company of Women,” a conference about women and men sharing in leadership in the Church. The idea behind this gathering must have struck a chord, because while the organizers were hoping for 50 people to attend, they ended…
“How many of you have tried incorporating Sabbath into your life?” the retreat speaker asked. I squirmed a little in my seat. Not because I hadn’t tried taking Sabbath…I had tried, often. But my mind went back to the past month and the four weeks in a row that I had worked on the day I…
I always talk about following Jesus as the way to life, and I believe that deep down in my bones. I also know deep down in those same bones that the way to this life often starts with death – as annoying as that can be. The last couple of years of my life…
Note: This piece was written three years ago, on the first birthday after my sister’s death. It was unpublished until today, on what would now be my sister’s 52nd birthday. I still wish we could have gone to Florida. Today my sister would have turned 49. It is impossible for me not to think of…
I can’t tell you how many times I have spoken at a church or event and had a woman tell me afterwards: “This is the first time I have ever heard a woman preach.” I’m never quite sure how to respond. I usually say something like: “I’m glad you could see that.” Then I leave…
This morning I thought: “I don’t know if I can make it to the end of January.” It was 8 a.m. and there was not even a sliver of sun to be seen. It was cold. It was dreary. The kids were wound up and stir crazy. I was still sniffing and coughing from my…
