The other day I had an appointment with an occupational therapist to go over guidelines and suggestions for my post-surgical care as well as preparing me for the final surgery that will be coming up in a few weeks. After a hand-shake and introductions our conversation went something like this: OT:     “So it’s been three [...]

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ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 21, 2009 ELCA Assembly Opens Ministry to Partnered Gay and Lesbian Lutherans, Urges MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) – The 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted today to open the ministry of the church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships. The action [...]

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During the week following surgery I had done little more than sleep on the couch, sleep on the recliner,  sleep on the bed and gulp down pain medication (hence all the aforementioned napping), so when D left one morning to run errands I thought enough was enough; it was about time I get up and [...]

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I confess that the post-surgical recovery process has taken a little longer and been a little more intense than I anticipated but I’m well on the mend and am enjoying feeling better with every passing day. The past couple days have made me feel like I’m getting back to my usual self which, depending on [...]

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As I write this I’m physically in pain from the elective surgery I had a few days ago. The stitches across my back and under my belly are aching. My shoulders are throbbing from all the pain shots. The liposuction locations on my legs are bruised and my feet so swollen D has taken to [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Devotionals, SisterFriends 6 Comments »

As I move toward tomorrow’s surgery my thoughts have understandably turned now and again to thoughts about my body and in a broader sense that we humans are flesh, blood, bone, sinew, fat, muscle and organs. And we are spirit. In Christian theology that traces back to the Apostle Paul that traces back to Aristotle, [...]

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“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your [...]

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