Rev Mibi

Going to small group worship. Friends, prayer, music, talk. Cleaning my house in anticipation of BFF and her husband coming to dinner. Not ...

On Endings and Goodbyes: 1. Best ending of a movie/book/TV - Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto." A grown-up ending to a beautiful boo...

Friday is my sabbath - no classes, just small group worship, so Thursday night is bliss. Yes, I should do a bunch of reading for next week, ...

I've been thinking about border collies this week. It was inevitable, given the recent gospel reading: the Good Shepherd. I've alway...

A new one, and a sad and scary one. N is the mother of three kids aged 9, 12, and 15. Her husband B died last year after a long and miserabl...

Tomorrow is Quiet Day at the seminary. We begin the day with Eucharist and a meditation, then pray, read and rest in silence until an aftern...

Luke 16:1-13 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man w...

For the repose of the soul of Angel, the 15 year old AIDS patient with whom I developed a close friendship while doing CPE this summer. She ...

...and I've got a bad back. In the interest of getting some healthful exercise, I went to yoga class. I forgot that I hadn't done yo...

Saturday is full of dots - the bullet points on my to-do list. I did go to the Farmer's Market this morning with PH (he didn't ride...

1. What’s your view of meetings? Choose one or more, or make up your own:a) When they’re good, they’re good. I love the feeling of people wo...

...but I'm still not into the rhythm of this semester yet. The reading isn't any more intense than last year, the writing assignment...

It was a mixed-blessing kind of day. Started off with Homiletics, and gave my little three-minute sermon on Ps 139. It was very well-receive...

Today was my first day at my Field Ed site, Saint Middle School. It's a mission of a much larger old church and our services are held at...

We started today, with many administrative things plus one class. We also had a debriefing/spiritual reflection on CPE, which was more helpf...

PH and I had a lovely visit to New England, where we visited with my stepson and his wife and the grandchildren, Princess (who just turned f...

Friday 5: Seasons Change I'm recovering from my morning painting the commuter lounge in seminary by doing the Friday Five. The question...

In a vain attempt to get organized before school starts next week, I performed massive paper-pile dissection and shredding today. I haven...

...for everything and nothing, for all the little things and a few really big things. We middlers did an orientation session for the incomin...

A great heart sometimes suffers great pain. You asked me why you feel so deeply. I don't know. All I know is that you have a great heart...