Friday Five: Word Associations

Songbird, who blogs at Reflectionary, just got back from a most excellent vacation. Today, as host of RevGalBlogPals Friday Five, she foldly remembers five words from that vacation and invites us to play “Word Association”!  Great idea!  Here are those words, with the first word that came to my mind:  1) Airport – adventure 2) Baseball – Rangers…

Friday Five: Resurrection Preview

RevGal Dorcas extends the RevGalBlogPals Friday Five invitation today by asking us to anticipate resurrection:  “List five ways that your life is moving toward light, joy, hope — new things:  new ideas, new people, new hobbies … and so on.”  Thanks, Dorcas, for a glimpse of resurrection as Lent becomes ever more arduous. I once…

To See What the Good Shepherd Sees

My very favorite version of Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin. I probably posted this before.  Well, here it is again! John 9:1-41; Psalm 23 Life is difficult. And sometimes it’s even worse than that. Sometimes life is broken. At this very moment, in this very place, a significant number in our congregation are grieving. If…

Friday Five: Very Very Good

 A snowy cemetery in December in PA  The Friday Five at RevGalBlogPals today is perfect for Lent-in-Full-Swing.  Thanks, Kathryn, for asking us to do something do-able for busy RevGals: a “quick pick” of five things that are good in our lives right now and — the bonus — one thing we could do…