Musings on Life and Ministry
I’m trying my hand at fiction this year. As they say, art mimics life so this first foray into the fictitious is loosely based on my life at the moment. This is part of chapter one, maybe. … Charlie has never been inside a laundromat, but I’m a seasoned pro. In fact, the laundromat is, […]
MoreI made this to start off the new year on a warm, spicy note. 1 lb of ground beef, ground and drained Place in crock pot and add: 3 Tbs garlic powder, 1 small can of tomato paste , 1 large can of tomato sauce, and 2 Tbs honey. Stir. Add 3 cans of black […]
MoreI haven’t really been able to find better language than “best and worst” to reflect over my year, but this has been a tradition on the blog for about 4 years now. So, in keeping with my yearly tradition of remembering with thanks, here is a capsule- like glimpse of my 2017. The things I […]
MoreThis is today’s sermon on Luke 2:22-40 Just as Frodo Baggins, the Hobbit, was setting about the business of stepping outside his front door, the text chime on my phone dinged. “We’re headed to the hospital,” my brother-in-law had written. I closed my book and threw it into my purse, miraculously found my keys in […]
MoreThe longest of my all essay final for Intro to Dementia was to choose a space for PWD (persons with dementia) to receive services, be it their own home, a skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility or adult day program and show in 3-4 pages, what special attention to details of dining, lighting, safety I’d […]
More“Still, still still one can hear the falling snow; for all is hushed the world is sleeping, holy start its vigil keeping. Still, still, still one can hear the falling snow.” – Austrian Christmas Carol It sounds like the hush of fuzzy slippers swooshing across the kitchen floor. Eggs and milk, pancake mix and cinnamon […]
MoreToday was the hardest day adjusting to my new normal – a normal in which my sweet and funny furry little companion of four years, OliverElizabethRobb, is no longer with us. It hit hardest today because when he died last week, Thanksgiving preparations were in place and the inertia of turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce and […]
MoreAn article in the Aging in Atlanta section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on an interview with a person living with dementia who was told by her doctor, at age 49 on the day of her diagnosis “to go home, get affairs in order and prepare to die. Find a daycare to go to and […]
MoreI am leading today’s Bible study. We will process Las Vegas together. … An article by the Washington post defines a mass shooting as an incident in which 4 or more people are killed or injured by gunfire. This week, our country experienced an incident in which at least 59 people were killed and more […]
MoreOnce, when I was little, I got left at church. That Sunday had been unusually busy, and I got lost in the shuffle. I remember feeling afraid because I was alone, but also sad because I’d been forgotten. My grandfather’s greatest fear was being forgotten, because in his volunteer work in nursing homes, he often […]
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