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Being a pastor gives you a unique lens -- being a female pastor who doesn't fit the mold gives you a REALLY unique lens. Here are some thoughts as I try and understand the world around me through that lens.
December 17, 2014
It started a couple of weeks ago- I went to the mailbox and there was the familiar shaped envelope that signified it has begun- Tis the season…. for holiday photo cards. These cards have become a sometimes painful reminder that I am single during all of the jingle of the holidays. Christmas cards hold a nostalgic place in my heart. I […]
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December 11, 2014
Black Friday vs. Good Friday Black Friday scares me. In high pressure shopping situations I contract serious F.O.M.O. F.O.M.O stands for Fear of Missing out. It is a syndrome marked by the fear that no matter where you are or what you are doing you are missing out on something better happening elsewhere. People […]
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December 3, 2014
I am afraid of the dark. I wish I wasn’t. I grew up with a case of insomnia that made me afraid to be alone at night. I would sit up alone at night and imagine someone breaking into our house. I had this difficulty sleeping around the same time that a show called “unsolved […]
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November 26, 2014
Maybe it was just because I had finished a day that was supposed be filled with joy and victory; maybe it was because my legs hurt so much; maybe it was because I had just put a lot of money into fixing my car, but Sunday I lost it. I turned on my car and […]
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November 12, 2014
As my phone dropped to the ground all I could manage to say was “of course.” The shattered iPhone screen was the last step in officially making Monday not my day. I tried to call my mom and express my frustration at this “horrible no good day” but the damage to my phone made […]
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November 5, 2014
“You can’t be Han Solo you’re a girl!” this one sentence changed my life. It also started a bit of a wrestling match between 4 year old me and my best guy friend. I ran into the house covered in tears. Life would never be the same. As I sat with my mom she explained […]
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October 21, 2014
I have a confession to make: the closest thing I have to a daily devotional is the a flip calendar in the staff bathroom at my office. Yup, it is true. I am horrible at doing a daily “quiet time.” For those of you not familiar with the term “quiet time,” it is a […]
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October 15, 2014
Thank you to everyone who has sent responses to “The Crap We Say” some folks asked what were the three funniest things people say to single people at weddings. From that conversation came this video. I hope it helps to shed a little light on the power of words.
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October 7, 2014
I was officiating a wedding on my 31st birthday. My then boyfriend and I weren’t in a great spot. He didn’t come with me to the wedding and so the sweet couple sat me at a table with other singleton non-marrieds. It ended up being a table of awesome “crazy aunties.” Everyone loves a crazy […]
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September 30, 2014
The smell of horses, people walking around with giant turkey legs, and men in tights. I have no idea what happens at a Renaissance Faire. I’ve never been to one, so the only thing I can think of is people eating those giant turkey legs and mock jousting. Or, maybe Heath Ledger wooing the […]
