It's long past midnight and the baby has been born. As I settle into Christmas Day during the quiet of the night, I am watching it snow outside my...

Happy Saturday, friends. I hope that you have a chance to enjoy the spectacular show God is putting on for us this Fall with the leaves this year. I...

It's taken me three weeks to write this blog. And it is my latest example of living day after day and week after week at our limit. I am reminded of...

No dressing up in your best jeans and hiking shirt or your suit or dress and rushing the family out the door on Sunday mornings.No catching up with...

Yesterday was Juneteenth. I will confess that I did not fully understand why that was on my calendar and what it signified until I researched it....

1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget [us] forever? How long will you hide your face from [us]?2 How long must [we] bear pain in [our] soul, and have...

It happened. In spite of COVID-19. In spite of social distancing. In spite of Shelter in Place. In spite of closed sanctuaries. Easter happened! It...

When I think back to last week it seems like eons ago. We have faced unprecedented change in one week's time. The amount of decisions and the speed...

It's hard for me to believe that it is Lent already. You know, the 40 days leading up to Easter. I always appreciate that the Church has a rhythm to...

I made an angel. And I have to admit, I am a little proud. It's out of wood and I had a lot of help. I am indebted to Drew Sumrell for patiently...

It sold. The house I came home from the hospital to and called home for 49 years. My mom signed the papers around Halloween. We started this journey...

Our church celebrated our Commitment Sunday today which is actually one of my favorite Sunday's of the year. I love the idea that we all make our...

I'm finishing up a week with family at the beach and I find myself in a reflective mood as the week comes to an end and the reality of entering back...

[As I was talking with my husband about how to communicate all that has happened at and since Annual Conference to our church, Greg offered to write...

What is going on in the United Methodist Church?Have you had friends outside the denomination ask you that question? I have.A lot. It's not an easy...

For those who know me well, I usually don't struggle to find words. If I don't have an answer or response I usually have a question. But lately, I...

Have you heard the story of the Biology Professor from Missouri University that won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry last December and is donating the...

Well, that is a tall order so let me manage expectations. I want to share as best I can, a basic explanation of what happened and some thoughts...

Some people don't mind getting in a car and just driving, with no actual destination in mind, no arrival target time to hit. Where they are going is...

I've decided to try to use my blog in 2019 as a way of sharing signs of hope and good news so every other blog or so will be about lifting up...

I discovered some new Christmas songs this year that I downloaded and added to my Christmas play list. One of them was a version of Auld Lang Syne...

We are in that season where it feels like more hours of darkness in the day than we have of light. Throw in a little cloudy weather and we really...

I know we are all finding a minute or two this week to do a gratitude check. But today I am feeling overwhelmingly grateful. Today Greg and I...

Real conversations on topics that are difficult, or uncomfortable, or divisive are hard to have. Avoidance is so much easier than real discussion,...

  I have been pondering for over a week now so many reflections resulting from the public discourse of recent current events.  Being in a...

First of all, this blog is not about the huge church bazaar that is taking place as I type in literally every nook and cranny of our church property...

What does one do after the exhilarating but exhausting experience of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro? 3 days of Safari of course! What an exciting...

How do you climb to the top of a really tall mountain? One small step at a time. And that is literally true. The Swahili phrase said over and over...

Have you ever had a life quest? Something you have wanted to do for a couple of years, or something you have thought about or worked towards for...

Jambo! (Swahili for hello!) And so it begins! Our team arrived over the past two days and we gathered for our first team meeting as we met each...

7 day climb with a 3 day safari This is the path we will travel with all of the camps along the way It's hard to describe my feelings right now....

It's taken me a while to get back to writing my blog after moving to Boone. Part of it could be that a company...