Excuses
OK, that’s it…I will clean my office when we have heat again, later this week. Because, honestly…
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Ethics on Cicero
Ethical dilemma moment that I swear is real…I know this sounds too incredible to have happened. Yesterday, Erik and Zora and I were on our way to Hope CRC, in Oak Forest, IL , for me to guest preach. (Hope is where I did my internship, where I was ordained, and was my home congregation [...]
Ingathering
A little context: from August 2002-July 2003, I was the intern pastor at Hope Christian Reformed Church in Oak Forest, IL. Then, when I started working as the religion teacher at pastor at Providence-St. Mel Schools, Hope remained my home congregation and then was the congregation that ordained me in November of 2003. They invited [...]
Missing Verses
Sometimes, you sing something year and after year and never know there was more to it. I know 5 verses of “Of the Father’s Love Begotten.” Turns out there are more. It was verse 2 that really got me on the new reading. Who would have thought of pairing the idea of creation with Jesus’ [...]
Cancellation
We just canceled a session meeting due to the weather. From the sudden level of activity as the phones ring and e-mail lists are compiled, you would think we were in an airport.
What’s up in Illinois today?
Yeah, it’s not a proud day here in Lincoln-land. Honestly, I don’t think anyone in illinois is particularly surprised by B-Rod’s bad behavior, only maybe by the utter depths and stupidity of it. Here’s my favorite quote on the whole mess: Â It’s a little incredible that prostitutes weren’t involved (or aren’t yet, at least).
American Auto
If you’re thinking about the American Auto industry bailout, it would be worth reading this. It’s a take on the whole issue from someone who has consciously chosen to live in Detroit and think about it what it means to watch Eastern Michigan crumble (and remember that the crumbling of Eastern Michigan started well before [...]
Saturday Night at Church
How’s this for ethnic confusion: my Presbyterian Church is currently overrun by little Swedish Lutheran kids celebrating the Feast of Santa Lucia. (And it’s actually the Feast of St. Nicholas today, so me and my Dutch genes are thinking about going home and whipping up a pot of pea soup.) Meanwhile, just to make things [...]
New (old) sermon (or what happens when you don’t save right)
Click here to visit the sermon it took me two months to post! Because, as I was finishing it up, just after I printed it, when I went to quit Word, and it asked if I wanted to save changes, I hit “no.” Brilliantly stupid. Thanks to Linda, the wonderful church person who kept pestering [...]
Pre-Advent
3 years ago, I found out I was pregnant just about when Advent started. So, obviously, I thought alot about Mary and Jesus and the whole waiting thing from the perspective of one who was with child. (Plus, the contrast of finding out from a pee-stick or an angel was poignant, too.) With this year’s [...]