The List

Another thing from my class: Olson 12: Journal Entry When I was in high school, the pinnacle of my high spiritual existence, I had a List. This List, though mental, and buried deep in my subconscious, contained all anyone needed to know about being a Christian. The first part was called “What you must do [...]

Read Full Post »

Catholic AND Protestant

Here is a journal entry I wrote for my class after I read about the Reformation. Knoll 9, 10 Journal Entry When I was in third grade at St. Leo’s Catholic Church, I remember thinking that if I stepped one toe into a Protestant church I would have to go to confession right away—as if [...]

Read Full Post »

More From My Class

One of my assignments for class is to write a letter to someone sharing something that you learned from the reading. Here is a letter I wrote to my jr hi/high school friend Becki. Noyes, Shelley Evangelical Theology March  5, 2007 Olson Chapter 9: Letter Home To my dear friend Becki~ Time stops, doesn’t it, [...]

Read Full Post »

For Sadie

I was looking at the curve of Sadie’s chin–and the way her jaw meets her hairline in the shape of a half-heart–and I thought that I might never stop staring at my child. How amazing to see her long lashes close and point to the spattering of freckles on her cheeks. How amazing is it [...]

Read Full Post »

Fa Fa Fa Foolin’

I was searching for a clean sheet of paper for my grocery list, and I came upon this poem that I wrote about a year ago. It feels just as true today as it did then. One can’t pretend SELF-ACTUALIZATION. But I will try to convince you I have reached Maslow’s peak. Slight scrutiny will [...]

Read Full Post »

What is this I’m feeling?

Random bursts of well-being. That is what is happening to me. How unfamiliar, bewildering and lovely! I’ll be just loading a glass into the dishwasher and something I can only identify as a ‘good feeling’ spreads through me. It feels like happy anticipation; or like this Emily Dickinson poem: Hope is the thing with feathers [...]

Read Full Post »

I’m Sorry, Little Butterfly

Sadie found a butterfly with a broken wing today. We were at a nearby lake, and as we came off of the trail into the parking lot, about 7 yellow-winged pretties fluttered up around us. One couldn’t seem to get above our ankle level–hopping up, spinning in the wind, then falling back onto the ground. [...]

Read Full Post »

Rising above the Fog

Today I am Elijah, the day after the fire fell. He had this great day, saw FIRE FALL FROM HEAVEN, and then he ran away in despair and said he wanted to die. I don’t necessarily want to hurl myself from the nearest bridge, but I just feel sad and yucky. Disconnected, lonely and adrift. [...]

Read Full Post »

Be Here Now

I’m working on being present. Someone said “wherever you are, be all there”. My mistake is I keep waiting for God’s Big Plan. Hmmmmm, when will I travel to spread the gospel, or publish a book that will change lives, or go on a speaking tour? When will I be ‘called’ to the inner city [...]

Read Full Post »

To what do I owe this bliss? The Reformation of course!

So I’m sitting in my Intro to Theology class and we’re talking about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Having been Catholic at one time, this subject is so very interesting to me. I mean, so interesting that I can’t stop smiling. I think the professor thought I was making fun of him because I could [...]

Read Full Post »