I led worship at Redmond UMC on July 3rd, 2011, while our new pastor Cara took the weekend off after having spent the previous weeks at Annual Conference and moving her family of five from Seattle to Redmond. The Matthew passage from the Lectionary spoke well to transition and…

On September 17th and 18th, 37 women joined together for the annual Redmond UMC’s women’s retreat. Our topic for the weekend was self-care, and I was teaching about it in a series of workshops focused on Mind/Heart, Body, Soul, and Community. It became clear to me by…

I was not in church on August 21st, because I was in Nashville with my husband Scott. The United Methodist Church had flown us down to Nashville for my Endorsement interview with the United Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA). Endorsement is for clergy who are serving in extension…

Allow me to share a rather personal story with you this month.  I experienced a lesson in patience this year at my denomination’s Annual Conference.  Many of you know that I was commissioned as a provisional deacon on Saturday, June 19^th at the Ordination Service at Annual…

I led worship at Redmond UMC on July 3rd, 2011, while our new pastor Cara took the weekend off after having spent the previous weeks at Annual Conference and moving her family of five from Seattle to Redmond. The Matthew passage from the Lectionary spoke well to transition and…

On September 17th and 18th, 37 women joined together for the annual Redmond UMC’s women’s retreat. Our topic for the weekend was self-care, and I was teaching about it in a series of workshops focused on Mind/Heart, Body, Soul, and Community. It became clear to me by…

I was not in church on August 21st, because I was in Nashville with my husband Scott. The United Methodist Church had flown us down to Nashville for my Endorsement interview with the United Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA). Endorsement is for clergy who are serving in extension…

Allow me to share a rather personal story with you this month.  I experienced a lesson in patience this year at my denomination’s Annual Conference.  Many of you know that I was commissioned as a provisional deacon on Saturday, June 19^th at the Ordination Service at Annual…