A blessing, sweet Jesus, a blessing I ask your blessing tonight Bless my home and my friends, All assigned odds and ends, That all would turn out alright. A blessing, sweet Jesus, a blessing As I strive to do your will Amidst the questions in my mind And the struggle to be kind I prayContinue reading "Tiny blessing prayer"
Post-modern ministry and new evangelization and the way my mind works these days
On Monday on received a phone call at noon. So, I went to take the call outside. (This is very "If you give a mouse a cookie...") I realized that I didn't want to stand still and talk (for it is cold and I am Nell), so I started walking around the block. And IContinue reading "Post-modern ministry and new evangelization and the way my mind works these days"
Moar Weeks of Wintah
What are your plans for surviving the next half of winter, you guys? Are you exercising? Taking Vitamin D? I cross my heart that I have a half-dozen half-baked drafts in this here draft folder. All of them I'm like, "Oh, here's a good idea," and then I write five lines and then I'mContinue reading "Moar Weeks of Wintah"
Seven Quick Takes–IT’S 11:45 ON FRIDAY
How about I just write things in no particular order and as they come to me, OK? OK. -1- I'm reading C.S. Lewis' Surprised by Joy on a recommendation from a friend (or Three Dogs North coughcoughcough). I'm trying to be a student of joy this year. The book is kind of autobiographical, and rightContinue reading "Seven Quick Takes–IT’S 11:45 ON FRIDAY"
Uggggh
Whyyyyyy are my sticky-posts not sticking to the top and all of those other, old posts sticking there instead, internet?!?!?!?! I can't figure this out because I'm one hundred years old and exhausted. Internet, fix thyself.
10 Childhood throwbacks
“It is impossible to give thanks and simultaneously feel fear.” -Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts I was going to write a post with 50 things I'm grateful for, but that devolved into me talking about childhood memories. This is probably due to two things: (1) I went to a one year old's birthday party onContinue reading "10 Childhood throwbacks"
Franklin da pig
Every day I come home from work and this little weasel jumps on his platform and starts squealing at me. I like to think that he's telling me about his day and asking me about mine. So, I open his cage and pat his back and say, "Thank you, Franklin, for greeting me so nicelyContinue reading "Franklin da pig"
What I Wore Wednesday
Can I just have a second to talk about grey? People say that black is the best color to wear, and they say it's the most versatile and the best and all that jazz. I beg to differ. Because you're not supposed to wear black with brown. Or blue. Or navy. (As if I followContinue reading "What I Wore Wednesday"
NEW INSTRUMENTAL LOVE
THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT TODAY IS THAT I (FINALLY) BOUGHT A MANDOLIN. I said to myself, "NELL. Look, I know it costs money to buy a new instrument. But, you get to decide what your life looks like. And do you want more music in it or not?" And I also said to myself (asContinue reading "NEW INSTRUMENTAL LOVE"
And the Good News is this…
I have a darling friend, Chester (name changed), who goes to my church. He's an older man, dark-skinned and missing teeth. If you didn't know any better, you might think that he was homeless. But, he's not homeless. He just walks with a bit of a shuffle, wears a scraggly beard, and sometimes smells likeContinue reading "And the Good News is this…"
Seashell Nell 