I’m super excited about the new creative arts retreat! It’s a 9-week retreat in daily life, focusing on the 9 fruits of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5. All the details are here, and the order page is up and running. I’d love for you to join us!
I attended a brayer workshop with Michelle Zindorf last Saturday, and it was wonderful! I’ve long been a fan of her website and I’ve made my own poor imitations of many of her cards. At the workshop, she encouraged us to develop our own projects. Notice the landscapes. Pay attention to sunsets. So after copying…
As I talk with different people about how to include sexual minorities in the church, there are certain words and phrases that get repeated. And many of them are not helpful. You probably won’t be surprised to know that I have a pretty long list of things we need to quit saying to each other.…
I’m putting together a new creative arts retreat, and of course I’ve done the fun part first–gathering art supplies and sewing the bags to hold them. (Yes, I’m sewing. My multi-talented husband threads the machine, re-fills the bobbin, and fixes things when I mess up. But I am sewing!) This will be a retreat in…
Several people have asked how I feel about being “at variance.” I think that having the note on my Ministerial Leadership Information form is a reasonable consequence of the choice I made. And for some of the people in Western District Conference, all they wanted was for me to have some sort of consequence for…
Here’s the much-anticipated run-down of Saturday’s fun–Western District Conference style: We had “learning communities” (a.k.a. workshops) in the morning. I managed to avoid the communities about sexuality and the church, thus giving myself about three hours this weekend where I did not have to talk or hear about “the issue” (a.k.a. people I love who…
On Saturday, July 7, at 12:45, many people will gather together at the Western District Conference assembly for prayer. We will pray and sing and hear scripture together in preparation for the afternoon delegate session. For those who are not in Oklahoma City this weekend and would like to pray with us, here is the…
So far this conference is filled with Scripture and hugs and laughter . . . lots of laughter (“The devil called and he wants his heat back.” –Peace Mennonite folks have been subsequently informed that they are not to indicate–even in a joke–that the devil talks to us. Some people here would believe it.) and…
I’m headed to Oklahoma City this morning for our Western District Conference assembly. I go surrounded by love and supported in prayer. Tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:45 we will have a time of worship before the delegate sessions. Those who will be at the conference are invited to join us there. Those not attending are welcome…
I realize that sometimes this blog can make it seem like I have a lovely, holy, prayer-filled, pious life. That I sit around all day reading scripture and coloring in my prayer journal. So I feel compelled to tell you that I re-started my daily morning prayer practice two days ago. So grateful to the…
Spacious Faith 