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Worship Boxes for Digital Children’s Worship
This summer I have had the opportunity to lead the Children’s Ministry at Park Avenue Christian Church while their Children’s Minister is on sabbatical. Working with children several states away via a digital platform has been joyful. This diverse and multi-aged group...
Why a Coach Might Be Right for You Right Now
My husband came home to our apartment to discover me facedown on the living room floor, bag cast aside a few feet from my sleeping body, shoes kicked off, dress clothes rumpled but still on. I was snoring audibly or so he said, before tapping me lightly on the...
Allowing Braver Questions to Shape Us
I was listening to a panel discussion hosted by my judicatory ministry led by black leaders in my area when one of my colleagues, Dr Irie Session said “white people need to cultivate an ethic of bravery.” I grabbed a pen and scribbled it down on a post-it note pad I...
Poetry for Beginners: How to Read and Fall in Love with Poetry
I often talk about how reading poetry plays an important part of my reading and spiritual life. I try to read a poem a day, often in the morning over a steaming cup of coffee or a glass of water before I put my pen to my to-do list or crack open email. I find poetry...
My 2020 Summer Reading List
This summer is going to be unlike any other with the uncertainty of Covid spread. We cancelled our summer travel plans and will be continuing to practice social distancing since two of the beloveds in our bubble are high risk. Homeschooling has felt like a strange...
Sequins and Gratitude for the Small, Ordinary Details
Both of my children are competitive dancers. They dance year round, but starting in the late summer they meet with their teammates beginning a schedule of jazz, ballet and choreography to prepare them to compete in the spring. Like other athletes they discipline their...
Book Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
I have always loved historical fiction for the way it transports a reader into a time and place, making what you read about in school seem real and tangible. However, over the last year or two my historical fiction reading habits have changed. While I used to love...
Deep Listening in a Culture That Wants Fast Fixes
My first call in ordained ministry was to a congregation that was planning on going multisite a few months after my arrival. Part of my portfolio was to create, implement, and evaluate a small group ministry from the ground up. To create a ministry where one...
Book Review: This Tender Land
I don’t know if it’s a remnant of being a voracious reader as a child consuming Rold Dahl books about children cast away by adults to creatively discover who they are or The Boxcar Children camping and foraging in a railyard but I love an epic “clever kids on a heist”...
