100th Post

Well, I didn’t even realize this but the last post I made a couple of days ago was my 100th post on this blog. In November of 2005 I posted this first item. It was actually on a blogger site also called The Shepherdess Writes. I had not yet seen the light of wordrpess but…

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Summer Intern

Today is the first official day on the job for my summer intern. Therefore, it is my first official day on the job as a summer internship supervisor. No pressure. No pressure. I keep telling myself this. I wonder if that mantra will work at some point. The internship is supported through Project Connect which…

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Eyes Wide Open

This sermon owes a debt of gratitude for parts of its structure to this writing here at day1.org   Our world has been a very interesting and eventful place as of late. I heard one person say: a young girl married her prince and became a princess and the bad guy was destroyed….sounds like a Disney…

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Those Crazy Lectionary People!

As I contemplate the upcoming week’s sermon, I sometimes think to myself: ‘What were those crazy lectionary people thinking when they put this together???’  This week, in my opinion, is a prime example. Well, not THIS specific week, but this week every year. Easter 3. The weeks during the Great 50 Days of Easter have a…

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Watching A Wedding

Yesterday I attended a royal wedding party that began in the wee hours of the morning. Pajamas and tea and really tacky hats. It was delightful in a decidely girly way in which I do not typically indulge. Later in the day I went to a fabric store and a woman whose job it is to hand make wedding dresses…

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