Rev Mibi

Monday, November 30, 2009

And, oh, by the way...

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...I've come pretty darned close to posting every single day this month as part of the NaBloPoMo event! Thanks for putting up with the g...

Sometimes Monday is Just About Penance

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Thus far today: weigh-in at the nutritionist - lost another 1.5 pounds. That was the good news of the day. Net score= +2 went to Cokesbury a...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Ahhhhh

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The baptisms went spendidly - neither little one cried, the ten-month old seemed to say "Amen" after she was baptized (probably mo...

Today's Sermon: Luke 21:25-26 "Dressed in the Armor of Light"

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Each Sunday, very early in the service we pray a prayer that is just for that particular Sunday in the liturgical year. It’s called the Coll...
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Back into the Light

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No post yesterday, because we were without power. We had extraordinarily high winds, some driving rain, and the power went out in the early...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thankful

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...for God, family, savings, a job, my education, reasonable health, the cats (mostly), losing 8 pounds, taking long walks, the fact that St...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Wednesday Miscellany

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StrongOpinions is braving a Chinatown bus to come down here to retrieve her car. She got on in Brooklyn, then the bus went to Manhattan to d...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Happy, happy, joy, joy

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I'm out at The Mother Ship today, working with SuperParish Administrator to get our very complicated bulletin for Sunday put together an...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Gray, Wet, but Positive Monday

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Yes, it's cold and damp here, and the sky is pretty dark at 4:30, but I'm feeling good. My speaking voice is mostly back again, alth...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Finding my Voice (Again)

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TBTG, I had enough voice to preside today at Saint Middle School. Our candidate for the vocational diaconate, the wonderful Dana, gave an ex...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Semi-Normal Saturday

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My voice is almost back - it will certainly be enough to get me through church tomorrow, I think. I trekked to the Farmer's Market this ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Friday Five: Thanksgiving Thoughts

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A wonderfully poetic Friday Five from Jan this week: The Cure Lying around all day with some strange new deep blue weekend funk, I'm not...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

On Organization

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I got a couple of emails from the Mother Ship this afternoon regarding events that we have held in the past during the Christmas season at t...

Saved

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From MadPriest , who found it on Country Parson . Many thanks for a bit of beauty and truth.
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If It's Thursday, I Must Be in RhinoLand

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Instead of being on the road out to the Mother Ship, I'm sitting at home on the couch, since I'm still fighting this miserable cold ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig

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The nice thing about going to a conference less than 100 miles away is that it is far enough away to get a feeling of "getting away...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tuesday at the Maritime Institute

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Our conference is being held at the Maritime Institute, the school for the merchant marine. In case you didn't know, the merchant marine...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Monday Meandering

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Still no voice, although the other symptoms have abated somewhat. I am still planning to head up to Charm City for the conference. No need f...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sound of Silence

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I've been fighting a cold since Friday a.m.. It evolved into misery yesterday. I pulled myself out of the trough this morning to go pres...

Today's Sermon: Mark 13:1-8 “Birthpangs”

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Two stories of new birth this morning, and what different stories they are! Our Old Testament story is that of Hannah, who longed for a chil...
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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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