Will the political people please stop calling?!?!?
Will there be any Halloween candy left in the house by the time the trick-or-treaters arrive, or will the pregnant woman have eaten it all? (Rach: we got the CostCo “all chocolate” pack: Reese’s, M&Ms, Butterfinger, Hershey Bar, Baby Ruth, etc.)
How will I end up weaving together Zacchaeus, All […]

plan worship for all-saints’ Sunday, write sermon (I’m preaching on Zacchaeus!)
finish article for Fidelia’s Sisters
work on small grant application due December 31
write and revise Denominational Magazine article due November 1
get a jump on DM article due December 1 because, well you know
National Crankypants Newsletter article
write two book reviews for blog
And that’s just the writing to-do […]

Went to a stimulating day of training sponsored by the National Crankypants transformation team. Heard Emergent Guy (remember him?) and Emergent Gal talk about the church in the 21st century and such.
A few notes:
EGuy said that the emergent churches began not as some hip attempt to reach out to young adults, but to “save […]

From the RevGals:
1. How did you celebrate this time of year when you were a child?
We didn’t have many fall rituals, which is strange since it is my favorite (and Mamala’s favorite?) season.
2. Do you and/or your family “celebrate” Halloween? Why or why not? And if you do, has it changed from what you used […]

[The room-sharing is going very well, by the way.]
So this morning C didn’t want to get dressed—cozy bed and all that—so I suggested she get dressed under the covers. I told her about getting dressed in my sleeping bag while camping and how the sleeping bag kept me warm in the chilly tent. She […]

Pregnant Woman Driven Insane
Ziploc containers, mismatched lids
believed to be cause
Braxton-Hicks, Insomnia Begin in Earnest
“Here we go again,” woman laments
Sisters Sign Peace Accord,
Acknowledge Each Other’s Right to Exist
Four year old: “She can share my room as long as she’s quiet”
Yet Another Mom Caves to Pestering;
Disney Princess Franchise Celebrates Continued Dominance
“At least it was on sale,” beleaguered […]

“I am a spiritual practitioner rather than a religious one.”
Someone I know told me this recently, a person who grew up in the church but who has been away for many years.
That comment always rankles me.
(It’s also a cliche that is really beneath the person who said it, but that’s a topic for another time.)
To […]

So after getting C’s room in order to welcome her little sister, and having a perfectly uneventful bedtime, complete with pictures and stories and drifting easily to sleep…
It was the night from hell.
M woke up at 11:30 screaming NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Over and over. Lather, rinse, repeat every 20-30 minutes for the […]

So when you take your kid to see The Jungle Book at the local children’s theater, and the opening scene (in which Mowgli’s mom fights the tiger to keep him from eating her baby) makes you tear up…
you know you’re going to have a baby in a few weeks.
Speaking of baby, a friend had a […]

Sermon is DONE. It’s stewardship kickoff—I tried not to get too “Sermon on the Amount” about it.
This is the first sermon I’ve written on Quicksilver—just turned off the Airport and was good to go.
Now I have a little time to play, then R & I pick up the girls and head into town, where they […]

C: I don’t like Monsters Inc. It gives me nightmares.
RM: Which part gives you nightmares?
C: When Sully roars at the little girl.
RM: Y’know, Sully is really nice for the whole rest of the movie.
C: Yes, but that one time he was scary.
RM: So even though he is really good for the whole movie, that […]

That was my text message to R, in answer to his question, “Will you be home in time for dinner?”
Unfortunately, what my brain thought it was responding to was, “Will you be staying in town for dinner?”
D’oh.
And I have been schooled by R’s saintly patience and good humor about this.
On the upside, I had […]