The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get … Continue reading 2012 in review
Category: Messages
Advent 4: New and Improved: Gift-Wrapping Free!
Gifts are arriving in the mail, being placed under trees, being shared over meals — and often we feel our gifts are incomplete if they’re not wrapped in paper, tied with a bow and labeled from the giver to the one receiving the gift. King David has a similar impulse. Having established himself as king … Continue reading Advent 4: New and Improved: Gift-Wrapping Free!
Bold Friendship
This article was originally written for the October 2011 issue of Cafe, the Women of the ELCA's online magazine (v9.2), which can be found online here. “Only those who love wish to die for others.” -- Plato, Symposium “The virtuous man’s conduct is often guided by the interests of his friends and of his country, … Continue reading Bold Friendship
By Proclamation 