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You Are Creative
posted on May 9, 2013 All human beings-I think-have a simple calling: to add to the world. There are many ways to do it. I'm an artist, and that's my way. I write, I sketch, I make things with my hands. It isn't much, but it's what I'm called to do. I think you're...
Read MoreOpening the Doors Wider in the Church
posted on May 6, 2013 Almost a year ago, I registered for a program called Partners in Policy-making through the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council. I guessed from the name that it had to do with children who have disabilities. That's it. I have a passion ...
Read MoreAn Artist's Palette of Christian Formation
posted on Apr 30, 2013 Our diocese used to offer a one day workshop for Christian formation leaders and teachers called the The Christian Educators Toolbox. We promoted it as offering the nuts and bolts of Christian formation. Through the years as I've been involved ...
Read MoreI can do that!: Embracing Intergenerational Parish Ministry
posted on Apr 29, 2013 The Acolyte Master was clearly angry. As we gathered around the table after service to discuss the formation needs of the children and youth, he looked ready to burst a blood vessel. Finally I turned to him and asked, "Is there something you'...
Read MoreGood Gracious Jesus!
posted on Apr 11, 2013 He was, you know. And during the Great Fifty Days of Easter, with emphasis on the gospels of the Sundays therein, we are reminded of just how gracious he was. He did not return to those who had deserted and denied and run for their lives at...
Read MoreFalling Upward and the Master Teacher
posted on Apr 3, 2013It has been a little over two months since the 2013 Tapestry Conference and the chance to interact with Father Richard Rohr and Alicia Johnson and the teaching they offered us on the theme: "FALLING UPWARD: Lifelong Formation and Christian Maturit...
Read MoreShapers of Prophetic Imagination
posted on Mar 6, 2013 Wendy Barrie, until recently vice president of the Forma Board, delivered this sermon at the recent 2013 Tapestry Conference in Albuquerque, NM. Last week I remarked to a friend that I must have been crazy to say that I would preach at a confere...
Read MoreWhat's in God's Wallet?
posted on Feb 11, 2013 Sometime in the last couple of months I either saw or heard about a bumper sticker that read: "If God had a wallet, your picture would be in it." Although I've become a bit wary of bumper stickers because of the one-uppy and downright smarmy na...
Read MoreEpiphany Journey
posted on Jan 17, 2013 I went home taking another road, an unfamiliar route. It was a feeling that somehow it was important to alter my usual course. I wasn't sure of the direction at each turn, but I tried to use my instincts and hoping for landmarks to guide me her...
Read MorePsalms for Healing
posted on Dec 19, 2012Sometimes in the darkness of death, I don't know what to pray. This is such a time--when mothers, fathers, friends, teachers, caregivers and neighbors mourn and bury their children. This is when I reach for the Psalms and listen to the voices of G...
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