Rev Mibi

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Post-Christmas Recovery

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I spent the day running errands, replenishing the refrigerator (a natural result of having two 20-something young men over for a few days), ...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Why Mothers Have Gray Hair

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The airborne figure is StoneMason, doing what he loves best, competing on his snowboard.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

NEWS FLASH!

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Just found out that Princess Granddaughter is going to be a Big Sister. Her little brother or sister will arrive late in July, and will brin...
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Home Stretch

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Survived the Hebrew mid-term today. Survived the Liturgics final and the Old Testament mid-term yesterday. Survived the Church Music take-ho...
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Monday, December 18, 2006

Global Warming, or at least Local Warming

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It will be in the mid-70's today in Your Nation's Capital. About 30 degrees higher than normal. My pocketbook likes it - lower heati...
Sunday, December 17, 2006

My weekend with no one (well, not quite)...

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Done this weekend: 1) outlined Genesis and Exodus in preparation for the OT exam. Still working on Leviticus. How much of it have I retained...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

Coming Up For Air One of These Days

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I sang as soprano soloist at another Messiah last night, this one at the home parish. I'm hip deep in finishing the semester. Last sessi...
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Saturday, December 02, 2006

Ah, Saturday Night!

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We did reasonably well at our Seminary Choir Messiah sing-along last night. It was a full house in the chapel. My singing of the soprano sol...
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Sunday, November 26, 2006

Knitting Again - Yay!

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Having finished the shawl/scarf for StrongOpinions while in Windy City, I have started a pair of socks. Feels good to be knitting again...I ...
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Friday, November 24, 2006

Windy City Adventures

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Thanksgiving. Wow. Way too much food, especially of the carb-laden variety. My mother-in-law made the food extravanganza yesterday, while so...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

News update on break-ups, mess-ups, and speak-ups

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On the breakup of StrongOpinions and Semi-Useless Boyfriend: I was worried about my girl, so I cashed in some frequent flyer miles, went out...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Gray Day

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It's wet, the leaves are mostly on the ground, and I'm tired. StrongOpinions and Semi-Useless Boyfriend broke up yesterday (his idea...
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Monday, November 06, 2006

The Investiture and Seating, and Why I Don't Like Liturgical Dance

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On Saturday, I watched the investiture of our new Presiding Bishop, the incomparable Katharine Jefferts Schori, on my computer. We were supp...
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Friday, November 03, 2006

Both ends of the spectrum

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I got back my Hebrew final... (drum roll, please) 97.7 Now you know exactly how geeky the prof is, that I ended up with a grade like that. I...
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RevGals Friday Five: Toofies

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Friday Five: Toofies Please share your thoughts on the following: 1) The Tooth Fairy I got quarters, too. My kids got a buck a tooth. now I ...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

RevGals Ghoulish Friday Five

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1. Do you enjoy a good fright? No. I've had some bad stuff happen to me that make me less than enthralled by scary happenings, because s...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Prayers, Please-

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...for dear L. She had become engaged to a wonderful man (after a number of years as a single mother) and was looking forward to the wedding...
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Saturday, October 21, 2006

No Rest for the Weary

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...not when there are two cats in the house. I was up early this morning, getting ready for a field trip to a funeral home. I was just getti...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Word for the Day: Hesychasm

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So a goodly part of the day was spent doing abstracts of previous lectures for my New Testament study group. Reading, analyzing, winnowing o...
Friday, October 13, 2006

Sex Ed For Clergy

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One of the requirements in this diocese for all clergy, seminarians, and paid staff in parishes is that they take two sexual abuse/misconduc...
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mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpe
Richmond, VA, United States
A second (actually fifth) career Episcopal priest, I am serving as Director of Transition Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. I help parishes find priests and priests find new calls.How did a RC convent girl with a Teamster shop-steward dad end up here? Married to Pastoral Husband, AKA PH, an ordained minister and full-time pastoral counselor. Three kids from the prior marriage: Strong Opinions, artistic 30 y.o. girl trying on the world for size, Stonemason, 32 y.o. guy working with his hands in the North Country, Litigator, highly verbal 34 y.o. with aspirations to be the next Michael Moore. Two stepsons, 4 step grandkids, a cat. Way too many books.Well, there are never too many books...
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