Sidewalk Flowers

Sidewalk Flowers: Pneumonia

Reflections for Lent – right before Palm Sunday Sorry I’ve been MIA. It turns out that I got pneumonia. And that sinus infection that wouldn’t go away? … apparently, not so much. Migraines, maybe? Or so the ENT thinks … I’m off to the neurologist next. #meetingmydeductibleinthefirstquarter #insurancereallyisridiculous #gratefulforitanyway #gladforthoughtfuldoctors Last Saturday I finally drugContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Pneumonia”

Sidewalk Flowers: A day at a time

Reflections for Lent – Day 14 We received some hard news about our newest kitten, Marcella Maple Syrup (yes, that’s her name. She came with the Maple Syrup, but Marcella was added as all our cats get names of theologians. Marcella is named after Marcella Althaus-Reid.). We call her Marci for short. Back in October,ContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: A day at a time”

Sidewalk Flowers: Outside the Bubble

Reflections for Lent – Day 11 My husband told me about the act of terrorism in Christchurch on the way to dinner. It’s the first major tragedy of this Lenten season. And it was an interesting experience to not be on Facebook. Actually, it was great. I’m sure there were a million shares of newsContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Outside the Bubble”

Sidewalk Flowers: Doughnut Holes and Hippopotami

Reflections for Lent – Day 10 Okay, first of all, I can’t believe how easy it was to find pictures of hippos and doughnuts together. The internet is a strange and wondrous place… So, back to the reflection at hand. This week, I’ve gotten to do chapel with our preschool kids. It’s always an interestingContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Doughnut Holes and Hippopotami”

Sidewalk flowers: Experiments

Reflections for Lent 2019 – Day 9 I really hate it when an experiment is an unmitigated failure. Of course, I’m sure you could argue that an experiment is never a failure if you learn something from it. I get that. And yet… With lots of reflection over the course of this past year, weContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk flowers: Experiments”

Sidewalk Flowers: Ways to say “I love you.”

Reflections for Lent – Day 6 Yesterday at church, parishioners shared with me their favorite cures to sinus infections and colds (yes, I’m sick … still). They asked a whole lot of “Have you tried …?” and offered all sorts of help. I felt a bit overwhelmed. I’m not used to being taken care ofContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Ways to say “I love you.””

Sidewalk Flowers: Falling apart

BEIJING, CHINA: A man enters a crumbling structure along the the Great Wall at Qinglongxia, north of Beijing, 16 July 2003. (Photo credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) Reflections for Lent – Day 5 Did you know the Great Wall of China is crumbling? Apparently, “State media reported 01 December 2003 only about one third ofContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Falling apart”

Sidewalk Flowers: Searching

Cutting back an overgrown path Reflections on Lent 2019 – Day 4 I mentioned in my first reflection for Lent that I have been feeling the need to open space up in my life. Space, as in time on my calendar, as in less stuff in my house, as in less weight on my bodyContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Searching”

Sidewalk Flowers: Rest

Reflections on Lent 2019 – Day 3 Today is my day off. I know, my initial agreement with the congregation actually says I get two days off a week. I’ve never figured out how to do that. Actually, I’m not so great at always taking one day. Good Shepherd is the kind of place whereContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers: Rest”

Reflections for Lent 2019 – Day 1 It’s one of those wordless children’s books where the pictures tell stories and convey more meaning than a million pages of text. Jon Arno Lawson and Sydney Smith’s Sidewalk Flowers is a story in which a child and her father are walking through a city together running errandsContinueContinue reading “Sidewalk Flowers”