I finally got a walk in the woods over the weekend. I literally hugged the trees-the Slash Pine, The Loblolly, and the Longleaf. I am finding living in the concrete of the city a little hard. I’m a mountain girl, but if I can’t have a mountain, please give me trees. Trees are Life. We … Continue reading Trees Are Life
My last blog post was reflecting on the end of my middler year in seminary. I went on to my Senior year, graduated, and was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 25th. The toll that the pandemic and other hard life events took on us, and I mean most all of us … Continue reading Where Did That Year Go?
I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Dallas and for the first time in months, I’ve taken a deep breath and tried, in a few moments of sipping my coffee, to reflect on the past year. We’ve been navigating through a pandemic, the Great Freeze of Texas, injuries, loss of life, and isolation. Maybe it’s … Continue reading End of Middler Year
The Awakening HourMorning Prayer For God alone my soul in silence waits. Ps. 62 I am not a morning person, but I know the joy of rolling out of bed to greet the dawn. The reward far surpasses the sluggish resistance my mind puts up. Rumi explains it well, “Maybe a dawn breeze has blown … Continue reading The Sacred Pauses on Retreat
Most of my friends are introverts. I am not. Most of my friends like that they can stand behind me in crowds or at parties and I’ll cover and do all the talking. They drive, I talk, greet, and meet people. They like to stay home, I like to be out. Plus, I’m close enough … Continue reading What I See When I Can’t Leave
Mission: Begin at the Dismissal Today is Trinity Sunday, our Feast Day! I hope you all are planning to feast from a safe distance and celebrate the particular body of Christ of which you are a part, Trinity Episcopal Church. If you are a guest, we welcome you to our virtual gathering and celebration! My … Continue reading Sermon for Trinity Sunday
Here’s my class of 2022 and how we looked on our last day of Zoominary. We even have Zoominary t-shirts! Seminary in a pandemic is hard just as it is hard for anyone right now no matter where they find themselves. Yes, I find, like many, that Zoom is mentally taxing and this pandemic has … Continue reading Zoominary–Junior Year Complete
Well, I never thought my second semester of seminary would be upended by a pandemic. We are cautioned about our expectations and are warned that many things will surprise us in this journey, but it doesn’t seem unreasonable to have pandemic at the top of the list of “Things I Did Not Expect.” So, after … Continue reading Staring at an Empty Tomb and Zoom
We all began the semester talking about grades, comparing test scores and associating our future as priests based on the performance we were giving in the classroom. The struggle was real, though, for these first semester postulants and it wasn’t long before I started hearing more resigned comments like, “C is for collar!” By the … Continue reading Here for Formation
Today marks the one year anniversary of my father’s sudden death.This morning in between the asleep stage and the fully awake stage I heard in my thoughts, “Happy Birthday!” “Wow, that’s interesting.” was my next thought. There is definitely a theological reflection I need to ponder. It set the tone for a hopeful mood of … Continue reading An Anniversary and A New Beginning
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