Rev Mibi

Saturday, October 31, 2009

A Question on Funerals/Memorial Services/Celebrations of Life

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I attended the memorial service of a friend today. She was marvelous, and the service was an apt remembrance of why we all loved her so much...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Blehs

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It is Friday, and cool and gray. I have worked my way through a mountain of work, of writing, of house stuff, and should feel very accomplis...

Friday Five: Lifesaver Division

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KathrynNZ writes: "In honor of BE Three I thought I'd offer up a Friday Five of lifesavers. I'm going on our cruise (are you?)...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Mondays, Busy Mondays

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Things that have gotten done thus far today: Had my physical this morning. New doctor, very sharp and funny Indian woman - I miss my beloved...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sighing

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It was a wonderful day at Saint Middle School, where we used Presbyterian communion wine trays effectively to ward off flu germs, once again...

Today's Sermon: Mark 10:46-52 “What Do You Want Me To Do For You?”

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Both last Sunday and this one, Jesus has been approached by people wanting something from him. Last week, it was James and John, asking for ...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

A Thousand Tiny Pieces

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...of things to do. When I go out of town for a couple of days, it is remarkable how many things await me when I come home. So today: we wen...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Tired

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or as they say in some parts of this region outside of the Beltway "taahhhhhhrrrrd." Last night was not a good night for sleep, a...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Things I Never Thought I Would Be Doing as an Ordained Clergywoman

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Let it be said first and foremost that I am, in the words of the immortal and pneumatic Jane Russell, a full-figured gal. And that being a f...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Flu Stuff

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H1N1 seems to be sweeping through here in the area of Saint Middle School. Several of our youngsters now have it, and some schools are repor...

Today's Sermon: Mark 10: 35-45 “Return on Investment”

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One of the things I did when PH and I moved into seminary housing three years ago was to plant some bulbs by the front door. Daffodils, tuli...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Decompression

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I've been out at our diocesan retreat center/camp since yesterday afternoon at a clergy retreat. It has been a blessing. I hadn't r...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Today's Sermon: Mark 10: 17-31 "Answered Questions"

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It is a truism of the legal profession that a good lawyer doesn’t ask a question in court unless he knows the answer he will receive. Courtr...

Get Your Flu Shot

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We lost a member of Saint Middle School last night to complications from the flu. She had other medical issues that may have made her more s...
Friday, October 09, 2009

Thank Goodness It's Friday, Except for the Twelve Things That Need To Get Done

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It has been a busy week chez Mibi. Two days of convocation at Big Old Seminary (hearing some great lectures, seeing some old friends) and th...
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Monday, October 05, 2009

Monday Miscellany

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I drove out to Saint Middle School's office in the Mother Ship today to tend to various and sundry bits of paperwork. Had a wonderful co...
Saturday, October 03, 2009

Today's Sermon: Mark 10:2-16 – “Balance of Power”

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In the Old Testament reading today, God allows Satan to goad him into testing Job, a righteous man, for no good reason than to settle a bet ...

Poor, Sick, Happy

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When I was a kid being brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, there was a lot of focus in my RC school on the saints. Invariably they were ...
Friday, October 02, 2009

Don't know...

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...whether I made the right choice or not, but I made a choice. I was offered a job today. I turned it down. I knew the offer was coming, an...
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Friday Five: Touching Holiness

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Today's Friday Five comes from Sally: "Yesterday I was privileged to join the thousands of pilgrims who had flocked to York Minster...
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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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