Remember when I used to write here often? I miss it. I’m still writing, just not here as much. I’ll be back.
Ruth (link below) tagged me for a Presbyterian meme:
In 25 words, give or take:
1) What is your favorite faith-based hymn, song or chorus?
I love “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,” especially with descant (”let […]

We’ll see if sweet baby j stays asleep long enough for me to finish this meme which originated here. Ruth’s answers are so great, it’ll be hard to come up with something different…
1. What is your earliest memory of being distinctly Presbyterian?
I only became a Presbyterian as an adult, but I would say it was […]

Haven’t done one of these in a while…

1. Do you make New Year resolutions?
Yes, with new year’s and my birthday a day apart, it’s an ideal time to reflect. Though I call them intentions. A little less rigid, more flexible.
2. Is this something you take seriously, or is it a bit of fun?
A healthy combination […]

1. What was the most memorable interview you ever had?
Definitely the one for my current call, when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant and the entire search committee drove 600 miles each way to interview me.
I remember them smiling and laughing as they poured out of the van that Saturday in January and feeling right […]

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 […]

This would be my week to be “on” for the Friday Five. In solidarity with my able replacement:
1. What is your earliest memory of encountering a biblical text?
There are probably earlier events, but I remember most vividly sword drills in the Baptist Church. Someone calls out a verse and the kids all look it up […]

I think I’m the last one in blogland to do this:
Four Jobs I’ve Held:
ice cream scooper
preschool teacher
editor and reporter for a quarterly magazine
program coordinator at an interfaith organization
Four Films I Could Watch Over and Over:
Ocean’s 11
When Harry Met Sally…
The Philadelphia Story
Bull Durham
Four TV Shows I Watch:
Colbert Report (not every day)
Daily Show (not every day)
LOST
that’s it.
Four […]

Well friends, as I prepare for the birth of BB, it’s time to simplify life, step back from the Friday Five, and let one of the other capable and creative RevGals take the helm. It’s been a great almost 17 months of co-hosting the F5, but it’s time to say goodbye… so here’s my swan […]

I have a sermon to write and am feeling stuck in this &^%$#! text that is giving me no place to hide. Darn Word of God.
But then along comes the F5 to provide me with a brief respite. This one is about clutter:
1. Are you a hoarder or a minimalist?
Minimalist, married to a moderate hoarder. […]

Let the good discussion continue in the post below… but it’s Friday, so…

In honor of a couple of marathon meetings I attended this week:
1. What’s your view of meetings? Choose one or more, or make up your own:
a) When they’re good, they’re good. I love the feeling of people working well together on a common […]

It’s Labor Day weekend here in the United States, also known as Summer’s Last Hurrah. So let’s say goodbye to summer and hello to the autumn.
1. Share a highlight from this summer. (If you please, don’t just say “our vacation to the Canadian Rockies.” Give us a little detail or image. Help us live […]

As you well know, I am just back from a lovely time of pilgrimage in the isle of Iona, “cradle of Scottish Christianity.” It has provided much food for thought, to say the least, and so, to keep the pilgrim mojo going:
1. Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? (however you choose to define the […]

As some of you may have seen in this Wednesday’s RevGalBlogPals Festival, Pottermania has hit the RevGals—though not all of them. Yes, I am all over Harry like a Seeker on the Snitch, but I know there are others who will be ecstatic to see the July madness end.
So today’s F5 is a Choose Your […]

Whoops! I have been in a family-induced haze these few days, with the July 4 holiday and taking time off while relatives are visiting. So I literally lost track of what day it was!
So today for the RevGals Friday Five, I dug up an oldie:
Today, what are you:
1. Wearing
Right now, Crusty ol’ Theological Seminary t-shirt […]

From the RevGalBlogPals:

1. Favorite summer food(s) and beverage(s)
Foods: I am loving Breyer’s fruit bars right now. All natural, not too large for the girls to handle, 40 calories, refreshing.
Homemade ice cream.
Guacamole.
Gazpacho sounds good to me.
That broccoli salad with the bacon.
I could live the rest of my life without eating watermelon.
Beverage: Margarita, though not this summer.
I […]

Always a wonderful topic, courtesy of the RevGals:

1. Fiction: what kind, detective novels, historical stuff, thrillers, romance????
I haven’t read a lot of fiction of late. Poems, because they can be read in small doses. I guess I would say I read contemporary fiction, stuff like Three Junes and The Curious Incident of the Dog in […]

Though, how does one define “random”?
It is a challenge to find things I haven’t talked about here before. I think I was mostly successful:
1. I don’t have perfect pitch, but I do have a strange cousin to it: whereas I cannot pull a specific note out of thin air, I will sing a piece […]

In honor of my experiment:
1. Have you ever successfully quit a bad habit, or gotten a good habit established? Tell us about how you did it.
I have gotten on regular exercise kicks in the past—while pregnant with C, and several years ago in anticipation of a trip to Colorado and a goal to climb something […]

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 […]

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 […]