Over the past few days the daily hits to this site have jumped from an average of 350-450 a day to nearly 800 a day! That rocks in the most big and grand way. In looking over my WordPress feedback a good chunk of the new traffic is due to people adding SisterFriends to their [...]

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I recently included a link to Cakespy, a blog where I go to salivate when I’m in need of a vicarious cupcake thrill. Regrettably the only  recipe I’ve tried to date is the one for the plaster cupcakes D and I will be placing in random spots around Berkeley tomorrow in celebration of Valentine’s Day. [...]

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This morning I drove into our little town to pick up a couple Valentine’s cards for D and was only in the card shop for a few minutes before the clerk, an older woman, asked if I needed any help. “Do you have a separate section for Valentine’s Day for wives?” I said. “You mean [...]

Posted in Equality, Storytelling 3 Comments »

My favorite five minutes of every week are leading the children’s sermon on Sunday mornings. Reading the liturgical text for the week and then finding a way to communicate the heart of it to the children helps me in my own faith. I’m all for exegetical dissection, theological reflection, and thoughtful consideration of brilliant theologians [...]

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The alarm didn’t go off this morning and when our secondary alarm finally went off, known as the cat who crawls across our bodies meowing like her tail is on fire, we both bolted out of bed in two directions, bathwater running and breakfast blender swirling before my eyes had a chance to focus. D [...]

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A childhood friend posted this photo on her Facebook page. That’s me on the right in my preschool Sunday School class. I was four years old and looking rather snappy, if I do say so myself and I will, in my fluffy white cotton knit sweater and skirt and shiny black patent leather Mary Janes. [...]

Posted in Love and Grace, SnapShot Reflections 9 Comments »

I haven’t been online since Saturday afternoon. I haven’t wanted to be online. I get like that sometimes. Normally I’m all about being connected but every now and again it feels weirdly invasive, as if every Twitter Tweet, Facebook status update, and email is another person walking through the front door of our home for [...]

Posted in Techno Nothingness 11 Comments »

. It’s that time of the week to share the best of the links I stumbled upon this past week. Enjoy and stay out of trouble. I mean it. . . I just want to apologize for this in advance. Be sure to have your sound on. I think you’ll know why once you tap [...]

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Once again you people crack me up! The more inane my posts, the more comments you leave and the other day’s post on Super Bowl Sunday was another fine example. Just another reason why I love you. “I really do by the way,” she said with all sincerity. We just had a warm fuzzy moment [...]

Posted in Faith, Public Homilies 10 Comments »

I’m about to make a confession I know will appall some among you but I’m compelled to risk your scorn for the sake of truth. I hate football. There. I said it. What a dumb game. It’s not that I don’t get why men stuffed to the gills on potato skins wearing beer-can hats are [...]

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