Some people don't mind getting in a car and just driving, with no actual destination in mind, no arrival target time to hit.  Where they are going is not nearly as important as what happened along the way.  They want to know "What are we doing now?"  Others like to have a plan.  They don't … Continue reading Where Are We Going?

I've decided to try to use my blog in 2019 as a way of sharing signs of hope and good news so every other blog or so will be about lifting up examples I find of people doing a good thing.  Today I want to start with an interesting story I heard about the Dave … Continue reading Doing a Good Thing- The Dave Matthew’s Band

I discovered some new Christmas songs this year that I downloaded and added to my Christmas play list.  One of them was a version of Auld Lang Syne by The Tenors.  It forced me to listen to the lyrics in ways I confess I just hadn't before.  Part of it is I didn't really know … Continue reading A Cup of Kindness

We are in that season where it feels like more hours of darkness in the day than we have of light.  Throw in a little cloudy weather and we really feel the darkness all around us literally and figuratively.   And yet, this is a season that fights that darkness with Christmas lights strung around … Continue reading Being a Bright Light in a Season of Darkness in Swansboro, NC

I know we are all finding a minute or two this week to do a gratitude check.  But today I am feeling overwhelmingly grateful.  Today Greg and I celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary!  It feels like yesterday when we got married at First UMC Asheboro that beautiful November day.  I think that time does go … Continue reading Thanksgiving, Anniversaries, and Sweet Spots

Real conversations on topics that are difficult, or uncomfortable, or divisive are hard to have.  Avoidance is so much easier than real discussion,  Partly because we are afraid of how the conversation itself will affect our community.  Partly because we know some topics are so complex that there is no one answer that satisfies everyone, … Continue reading A Way Forward

I have been pondering for over a week now so many reflections resulting from the public discourse of recent current events.  Being in a new appointment and not being sure if people can separate spiritual and moral conversation from political it is tricky choosing my words.  However, being a woman listening to some of the … Continue reading Turning Down the Volume