Jun 15, 2012 | Challenges in Calling
I may as well have been born in a church building. It is where I have spent the majority of my life. I grew up on the mission field in a loving, Christian home, attended a Christian university, and could not wait, after graduating, to set off to Mexico, to be a...
May 30, 2012 | Being the Church
A friend of mine says, “May is the new December. You think you are busy with Christmas but end of the school year beats it hands down.” I think she may be on to something. Not only do schools host end of the year festivities but so do churches. With all these...
May 17, 2012 | Being a Minister, Challenges in Calling
I was sitting in the carpool line listening to NPR when I heard the story of a Methodist pastor who left her parish and later announced she was an atheist. As I listened to her story, I quickly experienced a dozen reactions: judgment of her for not discussing any of...
May 14, 2012 | Being the Church, Motherhood and Ministry
When I was a child, my mother cut red roses from her garden and pinned them on our church clothes. We, her five children, wore red roses, and she wore a white one. She explained the wearing of roses was to honor our mothers both living and deceased. As an...
May 11, 2012 | Being a Minister
May 6, 2012 Dearest Meg, On this special day when your gifts as minister are recognized and blessed by God and this congregation, I offer another blessing represented by this stole. Two years ago, at my ordination, you laid hands on me and joined a community that I...
