Originally posted on The Presbyterian Leader on May 17, 2012 . . . Depending on your presbytery, the job of the moderator can vary. However, we are living in a time when most of our presbyteries are facing some serious challenges: financial, church dismissals, staff restructures, struggling congregations, and more. In many cases, it has… [Read more…]
May 13, 2012
Mother’s Day is always bitter sweet – not to mention it isn’t too relaxing considering I always have to work on Mother’s Day. Personally, I am not that compelled to celebrate Mother’s Day because honestly, I feel blessed and appreciated every day by my family. But besides my personal feelings about Mother’s Day, as a… [Read more…]
May 7, 2012
My kids are double PK’s (Pastors’ Kids). On top of that, they are also PMK’s (Presbytery Moderator’s Kids) and COMCK’s (Commitee on Ministry Chair’s Kids). This week in particular they will really experience the full force of what it means to be all three, having gone to church with me yesterday and having to go… [Read more…]
May 2, 2012
Originally posted on The Presbyterian Leader on May 3, 2012 I call myself an accidental leader, not because I don’t feel that I possess the necessary skills, temperament, and experience, but because I came about being a leader quite on accident and not by choice. I think many of us have had that experience sitting… [Read more…]
April 30, 2012
Last week, I blogged about how now that my kids are getting older, I am able to wear more what I want to wear then what is practical – enter in my new shoes – bolder color and higher heel. I wore my new shoes today, especially since I knew that my husband was going… [Read more…]
April 29, 2012
Originally posted on First Day of Walking on May 9, 2012 . . . I always wanted to be a mother. But becoming a mother was not an easy road for me. Although I was healthy and young, it took a good 3 years to get pregnant with my first son. After months and months… [Read more…]
April 23, 2012
It seems that parish ministry is a challenging line of work these days, whether you are in a rural, suburban, or urban context. Parish ministry gets even more interesting if you are serving a church that is considered a new development, a redevelopment, or in transition of figuring out what their future is. At some… [Read more…]
May 17, 2012
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