tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575081888161212472011-09-06T00:07:45.339-04:00<big>Ordinary Life on Holy Ground</big><br><br><br> "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,<br>plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope."<br>-Jeremiah 29:11<br><br>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09919162656067545094noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357508188816121247.post-21867159540771800502011-05-14T14:56:00.000-04:002011-05-14T14:56:07.114-04:00

What ELSE have I been missing?  Sniff, Sniff Rebecca, are you in there?  There is a young man about my age who I see walking his little dog every morning before work. At about 7:10, they round the bend of the street that I can see out my kitchen window as I make tea, and stop at the edge of my neighbor's flower garden. There is always something good to sniff there, since this is also

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Here I am again. I've come full circle. The questions are still the same ones, only perhaps the answers are different. Two years ago, I hit my own personal Easter about the time the church entered Lent. I remember thinking on Ash Wednesday of 2009 that I had finally broken out of the church's box. Although those sentiments didn't get entirely sorted out on my blog until many months later, I knew

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What does it REALLY mean? My recent experience with my young friend at my temp job in Norristown has gotten me thinking about what it means to be privileged. "Being able to do what you really feel called to do in life," she told me, "Is a privilege and not a right."  Image via Wikipedia Kugel Ball in Railroad Plaza Lansdale, PA  I often get the impression from people in my church social

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The Assistant to the Bishop of the Southeastern Synod (ELCA) at the time, Amy Onstad, sent me this quote in early May 2007, the week after the Candidacy Committee approved me for consecration as a Diaconal Minister. It accurately expresses what I told that committee that I felt about the church (and they still approved me!), and what I still feel even more poignantly now. I didn't write it, but I

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Let's Talk. She came and stood behind me at the edge of my cubicle, just on the other side of the filing cabinet. I didn't notice her at first, as entrenched as I was in my email. Eventually, I felt her presence and swiveled around in my chair. I looked at her, but before I could even open my mouth to ask what she wanted, she was already talking. "You know, Rebecca, being able to do what you

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When I was in missionary orientation 10 years ago (or, as I like to jokingly call it, missionary "dis-" orientation), our keynote speaker was a guy by the name of Tony Gittins. Tony wrote a book called Gifts and Strangers: Meeting the Challenge of Inculturation. He is a professor at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and was also a missionary in Sierra Leone for many, many years. Tony

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This blog is going to be taking a different approach for a while... I was laid off at the end of July after 3 1/2 years of service and ministry as Diaconal Minister at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lansdale, PA. Trinity was my first call as a Diaconal Minister, and I learned a great deal about myself and the promises God has for me during my time there. I was sad to leave there. I am still sad

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Image by thaths via Flickr"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst

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Today is the birthday of one of my friends, who died tragically of cancer last May at the age of 37. Happy birthday, Kevin! I miss you.

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September 11 is an eerie day for me, as I assume it also is for most Americans in the post 9/11/2001 era. What it must be like for most Americans to remember the happenings of that fateful day, however, and to have it define their consciences and their very beings, is not something that I am familiar with or can understand from experience.The truth is that my September 11 story is one of life as

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It is with much fear and longing that I have been visiting my blog in the last few months. I come here and haunt it, needing to write, but not knowing what to say. And then I end up saying nothing. As someone who tends to bare all when I write (and speak), I have known these last few months that the things I am thinking about are not things that I could write down in a blog without raising some

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I have decided to do something "crazy."I have never been much of an athlete. I call myself a runner, but I must admit that I am certainly not hard core. I will run 2-3 miles a day when the weather is nice, and only in the summer (coldness and darkness do not encourage exercise!).It is probably surprising, therefore, that I have just signed up to walk the Breast Cancer 3-Day.The Breast Cancer 3-

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I almost dropped out of seminary.The reason for my "almost break-up" with the church, the "straw that broke the camel's back" is, at this point, mostly unimportant. I credit a good friend of mine for convincing me to stay. He told me I only had two options: I could leave and let the church stay the way it was (break up), or I could stay, and exact change from the inside (break out). I chose to

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Have you ever noticed how love songs on the radio could just as easily be about God as about a lover (or maybe God is your lover)? They could also just as easily be about something or some place you love, instead of someone.There's a song out recently by Chris Daughtry called "Home." I know you've probably heard it. The chorus goes like this:"I'm going home,Back to the place where I belong,And

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Can I just say something?I spent last week with an amazing bunch of young adults. Four of them were from my congregation, and six of them were from a Methodist church in Hamilton, New Jersey. We spent the week in Wyoming County, West Virginia, serving with Appalachia Service Project (ASP). We didn't all go together. Heck, we didn't even know each other before last week! But when we were placed at

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You know, blogging can take a lot of time, which is something I haven't felt like I've had much of recently.Part of the reason I have titled this blog "Running on..." is because sometimes I feel like that's all I do: running from here to there, working, taking care of household chores, going to the gym, keeping up with friends and family, and so on and so on. Sometimes I feel literally like I am

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Please pray for the people of Zimbabwe as they work toward peacefully freeing themselves from a tyrannical government. I was almost a missionary there once.And please read the post below that I just posted yesterday, if you haven't already.

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NafissatouThis weekend at Trinity's annual spring women's retreat our topic was Her Story: My Story. We studied biblical women and their legacy for us as 21st-century inheritors of their stories. The first night we were there we all shared about the women in our lives who have most influenced our own faith. For me, there have, of course, been many such women. My mother and grandmother are very

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As we enter Holy Week, I have been thinking about how crunched this season of Lent has seemed. Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter Sunday are all happening in the course of a little under 3 months! This is quite unusual. Below you will find some interesting facts about this year's early Easter. This information was researched and compiled by Eric Gombert, Trinity's Director for Music.As you may

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I have thought about this for a long time, and comments I have received on my last blog, Moving On, have prompted me to write about it...When I went away to college, I was really ready to get away. In know many young people feel this way, and others dread the day when they will finally have to make that move out of their parents' house. But I was ready. I couldn't wait.I think the thing that

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Life is full of odd little unexpected moments. In this case, it was a phone call last August from our landlord telling us that he needed to sell our condo.Now, here we are less than two weeks from our move-out date. Packing things up after making this our home for three years. We already have a new place to live, but we will be spending a month at a way-side before finally moving into our new

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I haven't thought this all out yet, but if you have been paying attention at all to the primary results in New Hampshire tonight, one thing is very clear...THE YOUNG ADULT VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY MATTERS!Candidates are targeting college campuses and 20-something voters like never before. On the democratic ticket, lines have been drawn between middle-aged women and young urban college students. The

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Or, How I Came to Africa: A Love AffairIt kind of surprised me as I looked back over almost a year of posts that I have hardly blogged at all about Africa, something which is so central to my identity and ministry. I guess as time marches on and Africa disappears farther and farther into my past, the reality of my present situation outweighs any experience I had there. Do you think the uniqueness

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I have kind of been avoiding my blog recently. It seems like this time of year we get so wrapped up in shopping and office-partying and baking and decorating that there isn't much time to think about anything else.This time of year I really long for the Advent of my time in Cameroon, when the only sign that Christmas was even approaching was the (daring!) Christmas music playing softly in the

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My husband Pierre and I are going to be leading a trip for youth and young adults from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod (ELCA) to Tanzania in August 2008! Click on the map below to see where Tanzania is located. You can also learn more about Tanzania at the ELCA Global Mission website.If you are in 11th or 12th grade or are in college (or aren't in college but are younger than age 22), and a

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A lot of people have asked me if I feel different now that I am a diaconal minister. I don't really. Am I supposed to have warm deacon fuzzies or something? I am glad I have finally accomplished this thing, though--it took me 5 whole years! I had 2 years of seminary, 2 years of contextual education, diaconal ministry projects, spiritual direction, and at least a year doing a lot of spiritual

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This is just silliness, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Sometimes it is tough to be serious all the time.This is my kitty:Ooops. Let's try that again. This is my kitty:Her name is Pandora. She is crazy. My parents fondly refer to her as the "Evil Demon Kitty." She usually isn't too evil, just as long as you don't forget to feed her. One time, I was coming home late, so it was Pierre's job

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This week one of the pillars of our church community passed away. She was 82 years old, and beloved, not only by her family, but also by so many others whose life she touched. She died in a hard way, sick and in pain at the end. The good news of the resurrection speaks especially loudly now--the pain of this earth has passed away, and all things are new. She will rise up again in Christ Jesus,

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Part 1I have been thinking a lot about grace recently.Grace has a lot to do with the issues I had with the mission theology of Pura Vida Missions when I travelled to Costa Rica. I have kind of been thinking that I need to explain myself a little bit. I complained a lot about poor mission theology in some of my most recent posts, and then I never said why I think it was poor theology, or what good

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09919162656067545094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357508188816121247.post-8132119690557649062007-09-25T22:51:00.000-04:002007-09-25T22:02:44.026-04:00

What the HECK is it?As I continue preparations for my consecration on November 4, I am getting a lot of questions about Diaconal Ministry. People receive my consecration announcements, and they inevitably have 2 questions:What's a Diaconal Minister?What's a Consecration?So, I am off to "God's Country" for the next two weeks (My grandfather was from Minnesota, and he always swore it was "God's

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Ok, I know I have been a bit remiss in my blogging duties recently. The truth is, with all the fall programming starting up at church, I have been swamped! Plus, Pierre and I are planning a 2-week vacation at the beginning of October, so I have to get all my work done before then!In reality, I do have a blog I have been working on, but I am a little nervous about posting it. I think some people I

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Part 4(Scroll down to read parts 1-3)This is my last blog about my trip to Costa Rica with the synod at the beginning of August. I have been thinking a lot about Costa Rica the last few days. When I came home I went right back to work and really didn't get much time to process the trip. Now that it is the holiday weekend and I have had some time to myself away from the busy-ness of work, some

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Part 3(Scroll down to read parts 1 & 2)MorningThursday, August 9, 2007There's this dog that lives next door to the mission that looks like the Budweiser dog. Brown and white with that flat face and pointy ears. He has his own dog house in the back corner of the yard and barks and wags his tail (mixed signals) when someone comes by.Costa Rica is beautiful and tropical and lovely. The children are

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Part 2(Scroll down to read Part 1)I should probably be working on this weekend's sermon instead of writing a blog (Yes, I am preaching this weekend. Those of you in the Lansdale area who are interested should join me at church this weekend. Click here for our worship times). But, here I am, thinking again about Costa Rica and what I can possibly say to make this experience as real for you as it

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Part 1I just spent 8 wonderful days in Costa Rica learning what it means to live "Pura Vida:" pure life. Costa Ricans basically live by this saying, and as you travel the countryside in Costa Rica you see the slogan everywhere.I was in Costa Rica with 27 youth, young adults, and adults from the Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA) Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We

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Costa Rica, here I come!Tonight I am on my way to Costa Rica with twenty-seven youth, young adults, and adults from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran Church (ELCA). We are going to teach at Campamento de Ninos with an organization called Pura Vida Missions. Pura Vida Missions is a Christian, non-denominational servant organization that seeks "to transform lives by providing

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There was an article in the July 16 issue of Time magazine called "Work-Life Balance: What Gen Y Really Wants". It speaks to certain aspects of the young-adult problem, and also addresses the need for businesses to adapt their way of thinking about hiring and employee retention or else risk losing the young, 20-something energy and brainpower.Gen Y is a difficult group to define. There are

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A few weeks ago I attended the ELCA's first "large congregations" event. This was an event for staff and select members of ELCA congregations that worship 500 people or more on a Sunday morning. At Trinity, we worship around 1,200 people on average. We are the only congregation in our synod that is that large, and we are also one of the only Lutheran congregations on the east coast that is that

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Or, From Charity to JusticeWhen thinking about the work that ASP is doing, I am proud that I was able to be a part of it. Given the opportunity, I would go again. I am sure that next year we will plan a similar trip, and hopefully even more young adults will participate than this year. It is good to be drawn out of your comfort zone and pushed into a different culture and socio-economic situation

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09919162656067545094noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357508188816121247.post-48309864603312018992007-06-17T19:23:00.000-04:002007-06-17T18:24:56.475-04:00

This is part one of at least two! Please stay tuned for the second piece. I will be on the road again this week, so I promise to write when I can!I just spent a week in Knox County, Kentucky, in the heart of Appalachian Mountain coal country. I went with a group of adults and young adults from Trinity to serve with Appalachia Service Project, or ASP. ASP is an organization that helps make

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I recently blogged this and then somehow LOST the post! *sniff* It has taken me a few days to get over it... Now let me try again...One of the challenges that I have as a church worker is finding time to take care of myself. As I have been thinking about this problem recently, it occurred to me that many young adults probably experience the same problem. We are so busy working, studying,

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This is a post written by Chris, a close friend and member of my tribe, so-to-speak:Thanks to Becca for allowing me some “soap-box” time here on her blog.A few weeks ago, I was intrigued by a book that sat in her office entitled Quarterlife Crisis authored by Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner, both of Washington, DC. At the time, I thought I too could be having a quarter-life crisis. I had just

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One of the challenges that I have had since returning from Africa almost 5 years ago is adapting to the fact that it is really hard to believe that Africa and America can co-exist on the same planet. You may be thinking that I am just about to reaffirm all the bad things you may have heard about Africa. When people find out that I lived there, they often want to know about the war and violence I

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I have a friend who really has a problem with the church. The thing is, I know that one of the main reasons she has a problem with the church is because somebody else ruined it for her. That other person happens to be a pastor. He made her feel as though she could not be a part of the church unless she behaved in a certain way and thought in a certain way. Now, I don't want to speak for her, but

Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09919162656067545094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357508188816121247.post-50050781207660830512007-03-27T15:33:00.000-04:002007-03-27T15:40:46.270-04:00

Welcome! Take a look around! Let me know what you think. Please feel free to post to the discussion board, add a comment to the blog, or email me. Looking forward to hearing from you!What would you like to see posted on this blog? What kinds of discussions interest you? Let me know by commenting on this post!

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I want to know! Is it because...It's too boring? It's no fun? It doesn't speak to you? There's nobody your age?You don't feel welcomed?What is that "music" they're playing, anyways...?You're questioning your faith?Something else (I could go on...)?Tell me why in my Young Adult Discussion. All comments will be treated with respect and care.

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I'd like to hear your ideas about young adult ministry! What are you looking for in a church? What is meaningful to you as a young adult believer? What kinds of activities interest you when it comes to church? You can join the discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/tlcyoungadults.

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Another interesting young adult blog: changethequestion.blogspot.com. This young adult is a rising expert on Young Adult Ministry. She taught a workshop at a continuing education event I was at this past weekend. VERY interesting stuff... I'll write more later about what I learned when I have some time. In the meantime, notes from the session I attended are posted at her site. Check it out!(Her

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ASP stands for Appalachia Service Project. Work groups go and help people in Appalachia with home maintenance, building, and other stuff like that. Check out their website! This year we have a young adult group going June 9-17. We still have a few openings. Email me and let me know if you are interested in attending. The registration deadline is mid-February.

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I'm sitting in my office, and the smell of burnt popcorn is wafting in from... somewhere. I look out the window, and there is still a light coating of the morning's snow on the ground outside. The sun is shining in onto my computer screen, making this task of blogging a little uncomfortable.I have been thinking a lot about what this blog should be. I am hoping it can become a forum for some

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