Gayle Tabor

Israel / Palestine Trip – Day One

2020/01/20 Gayle 0

I traveled to Israel and Palestine in January 2020. This is my journal as I recorded it during the trip. At times it may ramble. At times it may be less than coherent (I was tired – physically, mentally, and spiritually) but, I welcome you to journey with me on these two weeks. Stardate: January 19, 2020 I’m not sure what I am thinking about the trip so far. Nothing has been as expected. I was surprised at how green everything is. I expected so much brown, but it is quite a beautiful green space. I understand, as Jared said this is the rainy season. The first view of the city was breathtaking! I have been amazed by the world’s oldest cemetery and hope we The rest of the story

Silent Night

2018/12/12 Gayle 0

Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in Austria. The organ had broken and a young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, in a panic to keep the Christmas Eve service going took a poem he had written “Stille Nacht” brought the words to Franz Xaver Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass. According to Gruber, Karl Mauracher, an organ builder who serviced the instrument at the Obendorf church, was enamoured with the song, and took the composition home with him. He became the “Johnny Appleseed” of Silent Night, teaching it in the many churches where he serviced organs. I heard this story this morning in a The rest of the story

Branches

2017/03/29 Gayle 0

Yesterday I preached for the Harbor District Lay Servant Ministries Committee. Here’s my sermon: I have a confession. I am a horrible gardener! I can, and do kill most any plant – I either love it too much or not enough I either cut it back too far or let it grow out of control I am not proud to say…..I can kill mint! In our scripture today is John 15: 1-8 (reading from the common English bible) “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper. 2 He removes any of my branches that don’t produce fruit, and he trims any branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit. 3 You are already trimmed because of the word I have spoken The rest of the story

Riding Into Lent

2017/03/03 Gayle 0

Riding my bike daily is one of the practices I have decided to take up for Lent. While we often think of Lent being a time when we give up something or when we take up a ‘spiritual practice’, something like prayer or alms giving, Lent can also be a time of reflection, repentance, and change. I need to turn from my unhealthy practices I have fallen into and take up healthy practices – my bike is quite literally a vehicle of change. My goal is to ride 40 minutes each day for the 40 days of Lent. There is no speed goal. No distance goal. Only time and movement. The first day I fell short by 9 minutes. On day 2 Jenn rode with The rest of the story

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