These Are A Few of Our Ministry Things

Preaching and teaching and mopping up puddles Children’s time, travelling, all in a muddle Funerals, visiting, prayers on a wing These are a few of our ministry things. Websites and Twitter and all social media Staffing and praying and projects so needy Reading and writing and budgeting too Things are some things that all ministers…

Friday Five – Whatcha Hauling?

Physical: What do you ALWAYS carry in your purse/wallet/coat pocket/backpack? Painkillers & dental floss.  Whimsical: Is there a surprise inside? What’s among the unusual items? Nothing unusual in my purse, now my computer case is another story… it has multiple pockets to stash things in and I often forget I have put something in there to take…

In the Cold & Snow of Winter

It’s March 23rd, it’s mid-afternoon and -14 with the windchill. Nova Scotia has been bombarded with snow over the past week and now below seasonal temperatures are making snow removal impossible without heavy equipment. Check out this photo series on Buzzfeed. Two weeks ago there was a beautiful snow storm on my day off. It…

Last Year’s Dirt

Those are the words that sprang to mind as I opened a bag of candy beets to cook them for supper. We get a box of fruit and vegetables each week from Taproot Farms. This week we got beets! One of my favourite veggies. As you can see from the picture, they still had a…

Change is Good! Right?

“I don’t plan on changing anything while I am at St. Paul’s,” I said to my husband, shortly before I began my six month supply position with them, “It’s not really my role in a six month appointment.” “Really,” he says, the words drawn out a bit skeptically. His skepticism is valid, I am not…

Friday Five – Lucky 13!

It’s Random Friday Five over at RevGals.   1.  Folklore has it that 13 is unlucky.  Some rabble rousers think that 13 is lucky.  Do you have a lucky number, lucky “thing”, lucky anything that goes wherever you go? I have a ‘lucky’ button that it usually in the pocket of my robe when I am…

I Like to Move It, Move It!

I have spent lots of time in my gardens this summer. I have discovered just how physically demanding gardening is and how sedentary my life usually is. The most demanding thing has been moving plants and edging the borders. We thought that hiring a landscaper last year to design and lay out the gardens made…

10 Things I Learned About Baking and Ministry

I learned how to bake by using this cookbook. I still do most of my baking from it. They are tried and true recipes that never fail. As you can see from this picture, this cookbook has been well used, in fact, I have lost some of the pages, but since my mother and all three…