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Holiday Spirit

2016/12/06 Gayle 0

I am not feeling much of a holiday spirit this year. As usual, I can find many reasons to explain why ‘THIS” year I don’t feel the spirit – but the reality is it’s every year. Christmas is stressful! From what do you want for Christmas; shopping; and gatherings; to shopping, decorating; and gathering….it is all stress! Yesterday, I said a line I think I say every year “I want to like Christmas!” to which Jenn replied “Yeah, you like the idea of Christmas – reality not so much.” I saw this video touted as the best holiday video this year, Maybe it is! Although I don’t know what’s Christmasy. It’s a cute video! With a cute dog (always a bonus in my book). I The rest of the story

A Morning Saga

2016/11/21 Gayle 0

This morning I awoke to outside temperature of about 32 degrees….our first frost of the season. Last nigh, we had turned on our heat for the first time this fall. Over night we had run out of heating oil and the house was about 50degrees…..BURRRRR. Obviously, I needed to get heating oil. Anyway, I called the company I deal with, Atlantic Coast Oil and Lubes. The owner, Randy, answered the phone. I told him who I was, and that I needed oil, he asked if today or tomorrow was okay…I said sure but I’m out…he said today it is. See you about noon. Just about noon, I saw the truck pull in my drive…. and oil was delivered! Probably there are many companies I could The rest of the story

There are No Loopholes

2016/11/17 Gayle 0

In case you missed it, there was an election in the United States last week. It was a particularly nasty run-up to this election; the worst I can remember in my almost 54 years. I’m not sure what was the worst in our history but History.com lists seven as the most contentious US elections (1800, 1824, 1860, 1876, 1912, 1948 and 2000). In my humble opinion, we have a new one topping the list. So since the election I have been trying to find some perspective. And this story keeps rattling around in my head. It’s a story we no doubt know, we learned it in Sunday School. I must admit to spending time labeling people I know as characters of this story. Who is The rest of the story

Sermon: Look UP

2016/07/11 Gayle 0

A few weeks ago when Shawn asked if I would speak today I immediately began thinking about a topic. I first went to the lectionary to see what the scripture was for today…it’s Luke 10: 25-37 the story we know as the Good Samaritan …. It’s one of my favorite stories and I was excited to speak on a story that holds so much meaning for me personally. But as time went on, it didn’t seem like where I was supposed to be. I became very stress about what words I was to share….for weeks everywhere I went, everything I did, I was thinking OKAY how does this relate to the Good Samaritan and what I am supposed to take from this to share? But The rest of the story

Be Like Me

2016/01/25 Gayle 0

Love ’em or hate ’em in the past 48 hours the ‘Be Like Me’ or ‘Be Like Bill’ memes have taken over the world, at least the social media world. None of the ‘canned’ ones suited me. So, I made my own. They have been my team since they first took the field in 1995. I hope this is THE year they come home with the Lombardi Trophy.