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An Ecumenical Good Time!
This little town we live in always has something going, literally every weekend. The Mr. has a theory that it is because they need to pack all the fun in before the snow comes. A Sunday ago, the UCC...
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Entry into Ministry
Frozen Place 2008My senior year of seminary, I enrolled in a class called "Entry into Ministry". This class changed the way I thought about my call, and it called me to something greater than I...
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"The Lord is good to me.."
"... And so I thank the Lord.. For giving me the things I need. The sun, the rain and the apple seed.The lord is good to me." ~ The Johnny Appleseed Prayer. We embarked on a journey today to the...
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Bold but not angry
Last weekend, after picking apples, our family ate lunch in a tiny little café just up the street from the Apple Orchard. It looked cozy, seemed to have people in and out so we decided to give it a...
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Friday Five: Life Stages
Over at RevGalBlogPals, Jan is asking the following Friday Five today:"Since it is almost my birthday and because my spiritual direction peer group is reading Living Fully, Dying Well by Edward W....
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Busy...?
.... funny thing happened on the way home from Montreat. I forgot I had a blog I returned to the busy life I love.If you ever make it to Montreat , NC you will not regret your decision to go. The...
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Free Gifts - Friday Five
Over at RevGalBlogPals Sally asks, "Following on from Thanksgiving, and picking up the "Black Friday" theme of boycotting the Christmas rush for bargains I thought it would be good to set a simple...
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Advent Devotional Day 2
Confession: This is the first year I am intentionally reading an Advent devotional. I always planned to buy a "good" one in the past, but alas Advent came and went without that use of time or purchase....
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Advent Devotional Day 3
Text Today:"In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s...
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Advent Devotional Reflection Day 5
"And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me...
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2011
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New Years
Unfinished EntrywayI have a love hate relationship with New Years Resolutions.... I love that when you wake up on New Years day you can start over. You can wipe the slate clean and begin again.... sort...
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Peanut's Purple Bedroom Makeover! Before
Welcome to the before chaos of Peanut's new room. After pictures to come.. . It seems that every time we move, Peanut gets a redecorated room before everyone else. We started the process of this...
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Peanut's Purple Bedroom Makeover! After
So Shhhh... The big reveal is yet to come! Peanut's currently asleep in the guest room. j
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RevGalBlogPals Friday Five
Kathrynzj shares over at RevGalBlogPals today, “This past holiday season is not one I will soon forget, but not for the reason some may think. Certainly, it was a busy one for those involved in the...
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Making Space
I imagined myself using this space more efficiently this year, but alas I write once every couple weeks. I notice that when life gets busy or stressful, I experience a lull in my writing... I'm sure...
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Ah Lent!
I walked through the grocery store today, wanderings the aisles looking at the vast variety of food. Packages in pretty colors and with appealing ingredients taunted me as I focused on my list, my...
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Migas, and Brokeness
As I sit here tonight, I am increasingly aware of how long 40 days seems. Today, I struggled. I woke up with a migraine that no amount of headache medicine seemed to overcome. I hate migraines and how...
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Peaks and Valleys
Sometimes I have nothing to write... well, that is not exactly true. I always have something to write but, sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say.I get in a funk, I struggle with being so busy...
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A Vegetarian is Coming to Dinner?!
I live in the midwest, fly over country, where it seems that everyone grows corn and eats pork tenderloin sandwiches.I am a vegetarian, and I have been for almost 18 years. I was young, a teenager,...
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Halloween
Halloween 2012I tell them to stop, just stay little a little longer. I even say please, but yet they continue to grow and change. This year they developed opinions, and did not humor my Halloween...
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My Amazing Babies!
Peanut - November 2012Little Man Two - November 2012Little Man One - November 2012
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Lent Day 1: Who Am I
Who Am I? I am a forehead kisser, and a dinosaur whisperer. I am a daydream chaser, birthday party maker, and energy faker. I am a rule breaker and a challenge taker. I am a piece of the great I am, a...
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Homecoming Parade
You know you live in a small town in the rural Midwest when the homecoming parade tradition still continues!The Mr's parents, his sister, and our nephew were in town because sadly the Mr.'s...
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