Jun 26, 2015 | god & grace
The victims and families of the Charleston shootings have been heavy on my mind this week, as I’m sure they have on yours. I’ve thought a thousand times of this beautiful prayer written by Jill Duffield and offered to Presbyterian...
Dec 23, 2014 | 30 Days of Joy
It was a quiet little line in the sermon on Sunday, one that floated lightly across the sanctuary and landed right on top of my heart. The wait is almost over Dr. Mike said, the Christ child is coming. The wait, it said as it settled there. The...
Mar 10, 2014 | god & grace
The halls of our church are lined with artwork created by the children of the Providence Presbyterian Child Development Center. They’re holding a fundraiser, you see, an art show to raise money for scholarships and playground equipment. As I turned the corner to...
Sep 23, 2013 | ideas & inspiration
We’d spent months planning The Big Sale, months filled with meetings and spread sheets and check lists. It was the kind of event that required that level of planning; there were a thousand moving parts, each one dependent on the other. As the big day approached,...
Feb 5, 2012 | god & grace
You may know I’ve been participating in a community photo challenge via fatmumslim on Instagram. There is a prompt each day, and you take a photograph to share via Instagram and Twitter. Today is Sunday, February 5. That makes it Day 5: 10am. And that means...