Posts By: christas

The name of this blog was chosen intentionally to reflect the see-saw nature of my life: back and forth between giving energy and attention to my dual roles as Reverend and Mother. Sometimes those shifts happen so quickly that I feel a little like a ping-pong ball bouncing between two worlds.  But there are also seasons… Continue Reading

When we’re children, our moms seem like know-it-alls.  They are the ones in control. The ones who say when we go to bed and how many bites of green beans we have to eat before we get any ice cream and then how long we have to wait after eating to go swimming.  They always… Continue Reading

The journey of Holy Weekend begins on Maundy Thursday.  Thursday was a big day for Jesus.  A friend said to me tonight: It started out with a party, but it didn’t stay that way for long. Jesus went from washing his disciples’ feet to eating a supper he called his body and blood. At that… Continue Reading

Jeff was one of our favorite speakers to invite to speak to our youth groups.  He always had a powerful presentation, always held the attention of even the most A.D.D. teenagers, and (cardinal rule of youth ministry) he always had them crying by the end.  Jeff’s testimony centered around his own teenage years, when he… Continue Reading

Today I’m giving a presentation on “Social Media and Ministry” to a group of Christian Educators.  It was fun actually using social media to prepare for the presentation by posting a request on Facebook and Twitter for people to share ways they’ve seen social networking impact ministry in positive and negative ways.  The response was… Continue Reading

Only epic Facebook news could produce 314 “likes” and 195 comments.* And epic news is what we have.  Jim and I were blown away by the congratulatory responses to our announcement on Facebook last week that we are expecting a baby in June of 2012.   Who knew so many people wanted us to continue… Continue Reading

The night that Casey Anthony was acquitted, my Facebook and Twitter feeds lit up with people raging against the perceived lack of justice that had been done by letting her go when most of the nation believed her to be guilty. Statuses on my Facebook wall ranged from: “Justice is in God’s hands only.” to… Continue Reading

I owe you a blog post. Several, actually, but let’s not get into that. A few weeks ago I posted here about an experiment in personal change. This was an attempt to change one of the things most ingrained in my daily life: my sleep patterns. I’ve been a reluctant sleeper for as long as… Continue Reading

I’m super-excited to be working on a new Bible Study series called Namesake.  This is the culmination of years of a minor-obsession I have with names in the Bible, where they come from, and how God often changes people’s names when He changes them.  The series will start August 21 on Sunday mornings and Tuesday nights.  I’ll… Continue Reading

Our little family is on a road trip together this weekend.  One day’s four hour drive and the next day’s six hour drive (with a one-year-old in the back seat) are almost complete, and I’ve only wanted to bang my head on the window a few times during the thousandth rendition of “The Wheels on… Continue Reading