summer creating

I’m still really toying with the idea of getting back on IG. What I really want though is to spend my time creating: working in the garden, making things with my hands. Not scrolling on my phone. Maybe I can frame it as another art project. I’m working on a narrative for myself.

The life you’re given

Today, I have talked to two people about taking the life you have in hand. Sometimes (often?) life is not what you wanted or expected or wished for. Most of the time the reasons for that are completely outside of your control. You cannot change it or you would have already. This is where you […]

Pastoral chronicles, pt 1

Intro: There is a part of me that wants to get back on instagram, live a little of my life as a woman who is a pastor in public. There was a time when I did not know any female pastors in person. I only found them on the internet and I needed them. Another […]

weekly photos vol 35

weekly photos vol 34

Internet complaints

I’ve been deeply annoyed at the amount of complaining on the internet. No one is reading anymore. No one is talking about this in a reasonable way. No one is paying attention to this. No, you shouldn’t have asked for reading recommendations in that way. All the children’s books are stupid now. Everyone is stupid now. It’s been rustling me […]

Delights 14: a conference thought

I wrote this during District Conference on Monday. It is the treasurer’s report and I’m not voting so I’ll reflect on something that is mine. A woman spoke earlier, a mobilizer for her church, and she reminded me of a dear woman at our old church in Kentucky. So I picked up my phone and […]