I'm just going to say it: Marge is one of my most favorite people. She has taught me so much about her season of life and, as a result, I'm learning to live better in my own. My own season. My own skin. My own place in the Body of Christ. I think everyone needs a friend like Marge. She doesn't mince …
ICU: Susan
Susan and H worked very closely over the past few years. Susan served as the Moderator of our church for an extended period of time, until the very last day of 2012. She works as an accountant for a cancer center in Lincoln, and she teaches Sunday School to children in our church. Susan grew up in …
ICU: Lori
Lori is an encourager. And, she's an introvert, like me. I love her. This woman is brilliant. She taught economics at one of the Universities in town. One year, Lori and I went together to the NAACP dinner, and Lori knew way more people that I knew. She was introducing me to everyone — walking me …
Meet the ICU: An Introduction
Top row: Deidra, Jan, Janice; Bottom row: Lori, Marge, Martha, Susan It's been two summers since the women's book club from our church went together to see "The Help." Out of that experience, we began having conversations about race, especially as it relates to our congregation. The congregation …
Sunday
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. ~Romans 13:12 (NIV) ~~~ Welcome to The Sunday Community. Link up with a photo and just a few, brief words of inspiration. Not many words at all. Then, extend a bit of …
Assignment
"Rest and be thankful." ~William Wordsworth I think Laity Lodge and The High Calling might be two of the best kept secrets in the world of all things writerly, and scholarly, and sacred, and blog-worthy. I have a certain friend who — nearly every time she sees me — asks, "Now, tell me, again about …