Rev Mibi

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Saturday Colors

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Pink - especially around the nose and eyes. I've got a cold, darn it. Rather than infecting the whole diocesan leadership team, I avoide...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday Five: Friday the 13th

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A cute meme from Sophia today: "With thanks to my dear spouse TechnoGuy for the great suggestion, it's a Friday the 13th Friday Fiv...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Positive Leadership/Negative Leadership

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The Fresh Start session (a con-ed and networking monthly program for priests new to the diocese) was interesting. The plenary was about lead...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Baking

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My group is responsible for much of tomorrow's Fresh Start session. We will be doing worship, providing a brunch of sorts, and our mento...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Lovely

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It looks like I'll be doing a couple of baptisms, my first, in a few weeks. An infant and a somewhat older child. I cannot express how ...
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Doors

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"When one door shuts, another opens." Usually I hear that when something bad has happened, and it's usually job-related. It...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Comfort Food

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I'm about to try yet another roast chicken recipe, this time courtesy of Mark Bittman, the Minimalist of the New York Times. It's a ...

Today's Sermon: Mark 12: 38-44 "Good Stewardship"

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The other day, I saw a group of financial advisors on the Today Show talking about the choices that people make and what they need to do to ...
Friday, November 06, 2009

Fridays Are No Longer Necessarily TGIF

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Many thanks to those who offered words of sympathy and encouragement on the bad news about the call to the parish north of here. I am at pea...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Into the RevCave

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...to do a lot of paperwork. I've gotten the Morning Prayer service done for our Fresh Start session next week - it is such a pleasure p...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

No More Wait State

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Unfortunately, they chose the other candidate. Lots of lovely language on the phone call about how much they thought of me, and how blown aw...
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The Wednesday Drill

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Wednesdays are my day to have office hours out at the Mother Ship (the parish that planted our little mission congregation). I work with our...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Is It Tuesday Already? Is It Only Tuesday?

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Today was a day with a long laundry list of things to do, including the annual mammosquish and the biennial bone density scan. I got everyth...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Go Vote

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..and don't vote for mean people, or people who think the good Lord Jesus only judges and does not love. Just sayin'.

Monday Diverse

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Well, we all got through the weekend. The memorial service yesterday went smoothly, and I believe the family found great comfort in it. All ...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

Sermon for All Saints’ Day – November 1, 2009 “All the Saints”

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We find saints in odd places. Sometimes the stories are dramatic. Sometimes the stories are quiet, even unknown, the gift of a meal to a hun...
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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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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