Gifted for Leadership: Building and Maintaining the Temple
If God dwells in us, what we do with our bodies matters—to him as well as to us...... Ministry pulls us in many directions. We pick up the phone on our day off to help the parishioner in crisis. We put the kids to bed and then stay up past midnight to craft our...
Friday Soul Food: Projecting Hope
Great Brook Cross Country Ski Trails, Carlisle, MA “Hope is a projection of the imagination; so is despair.” Thorton Wilder My imagination must be worn out. One too many cancer diagnoses, sub-zero winter days, and rejection letters. One too many humans in...
Toxic Leaders in Our Ranks: Her.meneutics
From the article: Ten years ago, the United States Army decided to explore a previously forbidden subject: toxic leadership. What they learned could have far-reaching ramifications for their organization, but also for others, including the church. A common...
Best Kale Chips Ever!
Kale is truly an amazing vegetable. High in Vitamins A, C, and K, kale is an anti-inflammatory and is full of both antioxidant and anti-cancer nutrients (in the form of glucosinolates). Though many folks like it raw, steaming or cooking make the nutrients more...
Friday Soul Food: Andy Crouch’s Searing Insight on Idolatry
Friday Soul Food There's a reason the first three commandments establish God as the one true God. If He's not, we succumb to idolatry with disastrous results. Andy Crouch starts Playing God with a simple sentence, “Power is a gift.” From this starting point, he...
The Tragic Injustice of Food Waste
Liberian mom making the one meal a day her family eats. Photo courtesy Anthony Greco When my husband and I married 23 years ago, we invited our guests to provide food for the reception in lieu of a wedding gift. As is often the case with church potlucks, we had...
Friday Soul Food: Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers
Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers, by Leslie Leyland Fields and Dr. Jill Hubbard. “God does not excuse sin, does not just wipe it away with a knowing wink, a nod to our earthen frames, sweeping our human humus under the rug of his Largesse. Sin and harm and evil must...
Finding God in the Small Places
Maybe it’s attributable to the sub-zero temperatures, but my world feels a bit small these days. I'm feeling closed in and needy for more of God, more of his greatness, more of his grandeur. But since we have no tickets for a tropical destination tucked away in a...
Gluten Free Granola Recipe
This recipe gives you a great deal of freedom to "customize" as you desire. 2 cups of GF oats4 cups of nuts/seeds of your choice. I typically use 1 C chopped pecans, 1 C of sunflower seeds, 1 C pepitas, and 1 C almonds. Regardless of your choice, all nuts should be...
It Takes A Village – And Then Some
Posted on AbingdonWomen January 17, 2014 I am a limited woman. The older I get, the more I realize this profound truth. Those closest to me experience these limitations most frequently and most profoundly. That would be my husband and three sons. These limitations...