Rev Mibi

Sorry I've been among the missing for the past week. The virus turned into a scary drop in my blood counts (platelets went down to 4) an...

Thursday, February 21, 2008 Preaching well is a real challenge. We have a fine tradition of cultivating preaching excellence here at Virgini...

Spent most of last night in the ER. The good news: no heart problems, no pneumonia, just another truly nasty viral thing. Since I can ill af...

Some sort of medical problem has reasserted itself. Feels like the flu - miserable joint pain, some nausea, dizziness when I try to move aro...

It is Big Old Seminary's Conference on Ministry, where prospective students and their significant others come to the campus for a few da...

I haven't been blogging much of late, because school is really intense right now. Since I have five days of classes and spend Saturday e...

My friend Mary Beth tagged me for this delightful little meme. I'm afraid my responses are going to be pretty boring. Pick up the neares...

I preached this morning (see below). It went well. I'm relaxing more and more, really engaging with folks, and I'm so enjoying the p...

Sermon: Matt 4:1-11 Sunday February 10, 2008, Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church Sometimes you only think of what you should have said long af...

...but busy like everyone else. I've been asked to be TA (teaching assistant) for the Church Music prof and to function as his music ass...

Classes have begun. I am already feeling a bit swamped, but I'm determined to not get majorly behind this semester. It will be a challen...

So this day marked the end of January Term - I made it over to school for registration and for lunch with friends, and then I came home to c...

After the challenges (!) of last week's Do-It-Yourself home infusion, this morning I packed up the infusion pump in the mail-it-back box...

Matthew 4:12-23 I had dinner with my friend Karen the other day. She’s an impressive person, a graduate of UVA and Harvard Law School, a lit...

Dodged the meeting about Saturday night service at Saint Middle School because I'm still feeling a little punk. I completed the second i...

An interesting experience. Past infusions were in a hospital setting as an outpatient, with a nurse right there for the whole thing. This ex...

Yes, I'm still around. No major changes. I'm just sittin' here, waiting for my IVig infusions tomorrow and Friday. I actually ve...

The platelet count is down to 15 (normal is 150-450). I'm waiting to hear if we can get a nurse to come to my home to give me the IViG i...

Go see "Atonement." It is a powerful movie, beautifully filmed and acted. If anyone has doubts about the horror of war and the int...

I started off the day babysitting for the dear 21 month old son of my Homiletics professor. He was still asleep when I got to the house, whi...