Good things come in threes. Here are some notable trios; see if you can find my favorite:

Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti – the tenors
Manny, Moe and Jack – the pep boys
Harry, Ron, and Hermione – wizarding trifecta
peanut butter, pickle, and mayonnaise – R’s favorite sandwich abomination
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – old-school trinity
Speaker, […]

I had a nice Mother’s Day yesterday.
I had the day off from church—it was Youth Sunday, and Senior Pastor and I alternate taking off the “special” Sundays. So I slept until 8, when R brought in the newspaper. Then I dozed/read until 8:30 when the girls brought in breakfast—eggs, homemade biscuits and strawberries.
C gave me […]

Dear Emergent Guy,
I had the opportunity to hear you speak the other day on “Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier.” Let me first thank you for being direct, honest and prophetic, which many of us sorely need. In my experience of the conference up to that point, it seemed clear that many of us mainline folk […]

Which is a shame since I wrote it:
1. Mac? (woo-hoo!) or PC? (boo!)
Why yes, the Friday Five author reserves the right to editorialize!
I came back to the Mac fold since the church I serve uses Macs. My first company was also a Mac-exclusive outfit. I’ll never go back. They can have my Mac when they […]

“Na-na!”
That’s M’s name for little she-who-is.

“He’s very dour, very grim, very Presbyterian.”
HEY!

So I’m home with M today since she does, indeed, have another you-know-what. Oh, bah. And we had gone so long without one!
On the upside, I’m glad that her crankiness and restlessness at night can be attributed to something.
So I was feeding the two of us lunch today—she was eating chunky soup and yogurt, which […]

hand in hand,
it takes you five steps to realize—
wait, there was something;
you retrace. it’s a rock?
a wedge of terra cotta,
and you grab it.
further down the hill
you see it: fat dandelion!
you pluck it smartly
with the other hand,
put the fuzz to your mouth,
and puff
ffff-ffff
through your nose.
five cottony seeds grab your lip;
still you shuffle on,
a stalk of lazy […]

hi
bye
kitty
daddy
mama
elmo (meh-muh)
book
potty
diaper
uh oh
all done (ah dah)
balloon (boowoo or boo, my favorite)

My carrots are growing! Well, the tops are.
I met with three youth this evening who are preaching for youth Sunday. That was really enjoyable. Can I do more of that and less admin, please?
Mamala spent the night here Friday night, then the girls slept at her house Saturday night. This time M didn’t wake up […]

I just finished my first column for Denominational Magazine. It was really fun to write, I’m happy to say.
My bio is currently “[Reverendmother] is associate pastor at Suburban Presbyterian Church in Suburb, Mid-Atlantic State.” None of the other bios are cutesy, but most have a little more meat to them. Should I mention the kids? […]

Thank to Mindy for the questions.
1. What is your favorite word?
creativity
2. If there was a movie made of your life, who would play you? (I love this question so most people get to answer it!)
I also love this question, and you may remember that I have posted on this before. I should […]

Still here. Hanging in there.
Not much to report.
Though, I did dream I met Quotidian Grace last night. What a great gal.
And I gave the girls a bath tonight before dinner and there was no screaming whatsoever. M was kissing C’s belly while I washed her hair.
Then they started to walk downstairs together and fell down […]