In the Fullness of Time, with A Better Chance

Do you think life is essentially made up of particular moments, like grains of sand that you can feel, grainy to the touch; or is it more about patches of days or even great swaths of years that bring about sweeping changes? One evening last week, I came home eager to tell my husband about some experiences I’d just had. Unfortunately— and this was nobody’s fault—other pressing matters got in the way. Believing that whatever I had to report was … Read More

Go Ahead, Retreat…Oh Wait, Don’t

If I didn’t know better, I might think that just about the whole town where I live (for a few more weeks, anyway) has become virulently non-religious.  Why?  Because there are signs popping up all over the place with this exhortation:  “STOP the Retreat!” A pastor’s wife needs to add a whole slew of new words to the household lexicon – at least I did – and “retreat” is right up there with Most Commonly Heard Episcopal Life Terms (OK, … Read More