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Open Containers & Women Who Lead

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 In my kitchen cupboard there are a variety of cups. It's probably not much different than your collection.  There are tumblers, wine glasses,  coffee mugs and two pieces of real china--one from my grandmother and another tea cup and saucer from a woman who has been a good friend over the years.  In the morning I need a big mug to sip my coffee! Sabbath and celebration days are for the wine & china containers :) and then some days I just reach for whatever is clean and available.  This may drive some of you crazy, but in this house coffee mugs have been used to hold soup, juice, ice cream and sometimes just  plain ol'  water!   What's my point?  I've been talking to God about a myriad of things that cause me to wrestle & pray---and at times enter into conversation that is not always comfortable for me.  One of those things is the role of women and their leadership in a spiritual context.I realize not everyone has the same context and background as me and I respe

Always a Bridesmaid & Sometimes A Wedding Singer

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Stearns Wedding 09/16    Shaw Wedding  02/19 Drabiuk Wedding 06/09 Durette Wedding 09/09 Waite Wedding 07/12 It's wedding season...oh but wait?!  Is it though?  Ok, it IS 2021 and there can be weddings in any place-- any season, rain or shine, huh? Since Covid we've even lived through a time where we can attend virtual weddings!  I even know by attending a wedding earlier this spring that drive thru weddings can be a lovely thing! They may not be the  best that we would have  hoped for, but I  still did see a good, exciting thing and left with some pretty great chocolates and a candle in the end! 😏 I've been a part of  several weddings over the years! It has been my joy to honor these couples either by walking the aisle or singing my heart out on a  love song or two!  I  have breathed in a whole lot of grace and times of sitting with God over my own and other's expectations of  MY  relationship status!  These times have even included a review, repenting and rebuilding