Putting the Christ in Christmas, if you please

Adapted slightly from my church newsletter article archives of December 2010, wherein I offered the following modest proposal:   QUIT talking about putting the Christ back into Christmas! (please????) Yes, that’s coming from this pastor, duly ordained as a minister of the gospel, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and — before you ask…

What I Know With 10 Days to Go

Ruby, resting up for the big adventure! September 30 is my last Sunday serving as Interim Senior Pastor of my current congregation.  For the first time in 19 years of clergy life, I am leaving a ministry setting without knowing where the next ministry setting will be, or if there will be a “next ministry…

Friday Five: ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple

Photo by my niece, Laura Nichols, the day I let her use my camera! Today’s RevGalBlogPals Friday Five is courtesy of kathrynzj who is coming off of a week of vacation and is interested in streamlining her life. She invites us to respond to this question: What are 5 things you do or things you…

Friday Five: What To Take Edition

RevGal Sally writes this for today’s Friday Five:  “We are packing to move, boxes are everywhere, stuff has been taken to charity shops, more needs to go to the tip. Once again I am asking myself where all this stuff has come from, once again I’m thinking that I should really reduce and simplify.So bearing in mind…