I purged piles of junk to turn this back porch into an art space. I need more open spaces in my life. Letting go, letting go, letting go… One of my goals for sabbatical is to clear out my home, to purge, to let go of years of accumulated papers, books, unused dishes, candlesticks, unfinished …
Today is day 5 of my 10-week sabbatical, and I’m slowing easing into the new reality. My big goals are creativity and healing, with lots of littler goals in each category. Here are some of the things I’m trying to achieve and experience this summer. The two are really one, because my healing allows me …
It’s hard to really experience sabbatical when I still have to preach, make a bulletin, plan for summer worship and even fall worship (!) because I won’t be able to do that over the summer. There are also grant proposals upon which the future depends… I was hoping I would really be working a lot …
I’m all set up to teach an intensive 3 week class at McCormick Theological Seminary this May with my colleague Pastor Alise Barrymore from The Emmaus Community in Chicago Heights. It’s called Belonging Before Believing: New Communities and Emerging Forms of Church. The class will run from May 13-June 3 if we get at least …
I just returned from a 3-day leadership consultation with the national offices of the Presbyterian Church (USA). My good friend and colleague, Rev. Shawna Bowman was there too. She wrote/drew the amazing notes above, while we were talking about new things that are happening or that we wish were happening in the churches. The gathering …