Towson, MD
July 26, 2020
During the pandemic, like all of us, I’ve limited my in-person interactions with people. I’ve done this for Eric and my health, and to do our part for our community, but I’ve also restricted who I get to be with in person so I can work with volunteers on Tuesday’s unloading produce for […]
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July 19, 2020
The past few weeks I’ve been preaching on the Liberation that Jesus and the Holy Spirit let loose in our world. Our Creator has set within our hearts a desire to love and to be loved. But it is easy to get worn out caring. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the powers of […]
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July 12, 2020
Good Morning, I wish I could see all of you, as you can see me. However, I feel we are connected spiritually. Please join me in prayer: Holy Creator, bless us as we come together to hear your word, explore our spirituality, and seek inspiration to make this world a better place. Considering the Scripture, […]
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July 5, 2020
Having a half-acre of land has brought Eric and I a deep sense of freedom. When we haven’t been working, we’ve headed up to the house to watch the many kinds of bees collecting pollen and nectar from our back field of clover, while contractors work on various home repairs. Our home’s previous owner didn’t […]
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June 28, 2020
One of the most sacred song’s I’ve ever experienced in my life is by Aretha Franklin. It was my first year of Seminary, my first Easter away from the Presbyterian congregation that raised me, back in Tualatin, Oregon. My friends Andy Greenhow and Laura Colee and I piled into a car, and drove the […]
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June 14, 2020
If gardening wasn’t teaching me enough humility, this week Eric and I bought a house in the country, North of Loch Raven Reservoir. In the coming weeks and years, home maintenance projects and caring for a yard will no doubt provide me plenty of opportunities to realize just how much I don’t know. I […]
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June 7, 2020
Amos 5 I have to confess, I had no idea where to start this week when I sat down to write a sermon. Everything in the country feels too heavy to hold. The news, my social media feeds, and conversations with friends have added up to a week of particular grief and anger that […]
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May 31, 2020
When we gather virtually each week, my favorite part of the service is the prayers of the people. I love reading your Facebook comment prayers, watching my phone lighting up with texts, asking Eric to open the phone lines, all these ways of hearing from you. It is a gift each week to lift […]
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May 17, 2020
One of the gifts of being new to gardening, is being given ample opportunities to learn just how much I don’t know. From learning about plants native to Maryland, to the soil conditions for carrots, to how to get tomatoes to produce a summer of deliciousness, I am constantly having to learn from Google, […]
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May 10, 2020
I wasn’t going to make the ferry from Mull to the Mainland of Scotland in time to make my train. I was 20, studying abroad, and had just visited Iona for the first time, and I was new to train timetables. I grabbed a cup of tea in the little town of Fionnphort, waiting […]
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