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Text to Allen:  I’m in the sanctuary at FBC.  My heart is racing! Allen:  I’m praying.  All will be well. Me:  Thanks.  Ron Lewis just started playing organ.  Settling down. Allen:  Good.  Still praying for you. Me:  There are several … Continue reading →

Driving out to Oklahoma for Betty Woodward’s memorial service, I had the sense that part of the reason for the trip was to forgive myself…which felt odd.  Forgive myself for what?  Now, I wonder if the thing for which I … Continue reading →

In an email exchange with a friend, she described this moment as a “nexus point,” a time to take stock of things and identify what to keep and what to leave in Oklahoma.  Since arriving, driving around the campus, I’ve … Continue reading →

(The insight about “moving past OBU to a Benedictine monastery” reminded me about this piece I wrote on a trip to Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana—two hours north of Louisville and Southern Seminary.  The piece was … Continue reading →

In the chorus of Bernice Johnson Reagon’s song “Greed” she sings:  I been thinking about how to talk about greed//I been thinking about how to talk about greed//I been wondering if I could sing about greed//Trying to find a way … Continue reading →

I graduated college in 1986.  After graduation, I taught school in Lawton, OK, for two years.  I went back to Oklahoma a couple of times during seminary, but hadn’t seen any of those folks since I’d taken my then-boyfriend Allen … Continue reading →

When I saw the news on FB that my college mentor and friend, Betty Woodward, had died, it surprised me.  Betty wasn’t the sort of person one ever imagined dying.  She was a force of nature, full of energy.  Betty … Continue reading →

At the Hotel Waiting to Attend a Friend’s Memorial Service   La Quinta Inn Shawnee, Oklahoma Room 306 Mid-September… I peer through wispy strands of an abandoned web splayed against the window as the sun rises over a stagnant pond— … Continue reading →

Found this poem in my journal from sabbatical.  Reminds me of Betty Woodward, my college mentor whose memorial service I’ll be attending tomorrow.  Mrs. W loved hummingbirds! May 28, 2014   (Wednesday, 10:26 a.m) Morning Lesson I pause on the boardwalk … Continue reading →

Has anyone been dreading today’s sermon–I mean more than usual?  I sure was.  After dealing with that loooong to-do list in Romans 12:9-12 last week, I really didn’t want to add 12 more items to the list. Happily, before writing … Continue reading →