I tend to get a bit melancholy this time of year, especially when the leaves have finally left the trees. The bare branches, dark evenings, and freezing temperatures remind all of us that change happens whether we want it to or not. It’s no mere coincidence that All Saints Sunday falls during this transition from …
Author: Jennifer
Bathtime!
My family and I are rejoicing about our new bathroom. Our house is 40 years old, and our upstairs bathroom was ready to fall through the floor. A diagnosis of a rotting sub-floor gave us no choice but to gut the old and start from scratch. We had a very painless construction process, but three …
Let the Children Come
People often ask me how I can keep preaching, seemingly unaffected, when a child (or multiple children) screams or cries throughout much of the sermon. My first answer is, being a parent of two young kids, I'm more than used to screaming and crying children. My house is full of noise whenever they are awake, …
Losing My Composure
I have been the solo pastor at my congregation for almost three years. This is the first place I have really invested in for the long haul. This is new to me; after being a transient student for so many years, a pastoral intern for a year, at my first call for a little over …
How Do You Do It?
As published in Fidelia's Sisters, May 2011How do you do it?I feel like people often ask me this question when they find out I am a solo pastor, part of a clergy couple, a mother of two young children—and I don’t live near my family. This question immediately makes me feel terribly defensive. I start …
Narrating Grace 