The worst kind of fatigue. I had the first thought of leaving the church that I love today. I'm tired and I get irritated when I see a message in my e-mail inbox from someone at church. This is bad. It'll be good to get to vacation. Does anyone else ever experience church fatigue? Is there anything you've done about it?
Monday, March 19, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Holy Cow!
Do you ever go on a binge? Like you eat chocolate cake for like all three meals a day for a week?
I have 20 books. 20 books that I've purchased in the last month! Some of them are for book club, some I got for my birthday, some I'm purchasing with my freelance money (I freelance for MTV News) and some...
I need to stop, especially since it's Lent! Anyone else have any addictions?
I have 20 books. 20 books that I've purchased in the last month! Some of them are for book club, some I got for my birthday, some I'm purchasing with my freelance money (I freelance for MTV News) and some...
I need to stop, especially since it's Lent! Anyone else have any addictions?
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A Franciscan Blessing
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may wish for justice, freedom, and peace.
May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may wish for justice, freedom, and peace.
May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
God Has A Wonderful Sense Of Humor
Last year, I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and I had to stop. Jesus seemed so angry and so severe. I had a hard time with it. I had a teacher who told me that there would be no laughter in Heaven because laughter was always at someone else's expense.
Then I read this book called Between Heaven and Mirth and it's about the jokes that Jesus said, jokes that we would NEVER get (you know, being so removed from 1st Century Palestine and all) and how there are so many books about Jesus and laughter. And I remember talking to a friend and I told him about Jesus jokes and he literally looked like he'd dropped a load of bricks and said, "That's a relief."
We've become accustomed to a serious faith and faith should be serious. But I keep running across the thought that some of the most faithful people were the most joyful people! There is a story that a man walked into a Trappist monastery where Thomas Merton (a very famous monk in the 20th century) was and couldn't guess who he was. In fact, Thomas Merton was the person who the man thought was LEAST likely to be Thomas Merton because he was laughing and seemed so JOYFUL.
I have been praying for a little boy and I did not know his name. And so I left it to God to know. Then, Baby Be Blessed had his name up for their Yay Free Friday giveaway. I didn't want to join the contest, so I went to post on the comments section, but it had been disabled. So I posted on the link, I said that I didn't want to enter the contest, but I felt moved because I had been praying for this little boy without ever knowing his name.
I get an e-mail today from Tina who runs Baby Be Blessed and who knows me somewhat well through e-mail and she said that she smiled when she read the comment that said that I wasn't entering the contest and then, when she saw it was from ME, she was beaming from ear to ear.
No one can ever tell me that God doesn't have a sense of humor. From things like this to the platypus, I know He's just laughing up a storm up there.
Then I read this book called Between Heaven and Mirth and it's about the jokes that Jesus said, jokes that we would NEVER get (you know, being so removed from 1st Century Palestine and all) and how there are so many books about Jesus and laughter. And I remember talking to a friend and I told him about Jesus jokes and he literally looked like he'd dropped a load of bricks and said, "That's a relief."
We've become accustomed to a serious faith and faith should be serious. But I keep running across the thought that some of the most faithful people were the most joyful people! There is a story that a man walked into a Trappist monastery where Thomas Merton (a very famous monk in the 20th century) was and couldn't guess who he was. In fact, Thomas Merton was the person who the man thought was LEAST likely to be Thomas Merton because he was laughing and seemed so JOYFUL.
I have been praying for a little boy and I did not know his name. And so I left it to God to know. Then, Baby Be Blessed had his name up for their Yay Free Friday giveaway. I didn't want to join the contest, so I went to post on the comments section, but it had been disabled. So I posted on the link, I said that I didn't want to enter the contest, but I felt moved because I had been praying for this little boy without ever knowing his name.
I get an e-mail today from Tina who runs Baby Be Blessed and who knows me somewhat well through e-mail and she said that she smiled when she read the comment that said that I wasn't entering the contest and then, when she saw it was from ME, she was beaming from ear to ear.
No one can ever tell me that God doesn't have a sense of humor. From things like this to the platypus, I know He's just laughing up a storm up there.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
So, it's been awhile...
And yeah. I'm sorry. You know how it gets. I have so much to say! So much to do! But maybe I'll find time during the start of Lent, but maybe not.
If you'd like to see the other blog that I've been working on, you can check it out here:
http://adventlutheranchurchfoodministries.blogspot.com/
If you'd like to see the other blog that I've been working on, you can check it out here:
http://adventlutheranchurchfoodministries.blogspot.com/
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
A Prayer Request: Being The Persistent Widow
(This blog was first published in June 2011, but it's still relevant right now. I'm almost begging you...please say a prayer for MB and her husband today.)
I do have a prayer request, if you would be willing. And if you would be willing to share it all around. I have a friend and I'm going to call her MB. If you would like to know a little bit about her, she has a blog too!
She's really sweet - she's married to my husband's best friend (friends since they were both in their mother's wombs! Seriously).
God knows her needs and wants and I would really appreciate if you could just say a general prayer for her. I'm working on being the persistent widow for her and I'm hoping that others would be willing to join in.
Thank you!!
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? - Luke 18:7
I do have a prayer request, if you would be willing. And if you would be willing to share it all around. I have a friend and I'm going to call her MB. If you would like to know a little bit about her, she has a blog too!
MB and I, discussing the value of $100 shoe that's not FDA approved.
She's really sweet - she's married to my husband's best friend (friends since they were both in their mother's wombs! Seriously).
Womb Friends.
God knows her needs and wants and I would really appreciate if you could just say a general prayer for her. I'm working on being the persistent widow for her and I'm hoping that others would be willing to join in.
Thank you!!
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