Mother Stephanie works herself to sick often. Usually once a year, often right after Lent. She gets physically worn to a frazzle and continues on long after. So, she'll schedule a vacation and spend part of that time recovering from illness. She actually started early this year. She directed the valentine dinner theatre with the community theatre. ( Read more... )

I've been intending to write this down before the week gets away from me, and then it's Wednesday and I'm packed to run away for 4 days...Church retreat, the Cursillo weekend I first went to last year and swore then I would do my dead level best to work on the team this year. I'll post sometime next week about how that goes ( Read more... )

Here's my sometimes strange, but certainly full last 7 days ( Read more... )

Strange, strange dialog day. It seemed everytime I turned around someone was engaging me in a profound conversation out of the blue. Grant you, three of those happened at church but still, it was an odd verbal day ( Read more... )

The Bishop was here this weekend. Those of you who attend a church that knows Bishops know this is always a Big Deal. Extra rehearsals, extra meetings, extra cleanings, all that kind of stuff. I'm betting the entire congregation took a coma nap today. I know I did ( Read more... )

So finally after much worry and anxiety this week, my layreading at church was done this morning. My church family is very supportive, and seemed to not understand how I could possibly have worry. Reading, talking, I do that all the time in my job. Layreading in the Episcopal Church is so much more than just reading. Mo. Stephanie considers it a ( Read more... )