Pondering – Mother Nancy's Coffee Thoughts

Choosing what I don’t (and do) know

I know nothing of cars except how to drive one and how to put gas in one. I don’t even like driving, it’s just a necessity that I must do in life…I can find someone who knows more about cars and can fix them. I can’t find anyone else to be me except me.

Breathing in the ordinary

“Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”
Book of Common Prayer

What about the pigs?

If we just receive information and do nothing with it, we’ve gained nothing. But when we really take it in and think about it with our hearts and minds, it becomes a tool for growth and transformation as we become who God created and calls us to be.

A Simple Reflection

“Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”
From the Book of Common Prayer

Against the evil

I am saddened by the news of former president Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis. I’m even more saddened by the reaction of some who profess to be supporters of our current president. The emotional and psychological abuse is real and it is the pure definition of evil – intentional saying or doing something with the purposeContinue reading “Against the evil”

Leading

Hey Y’all,I did a thing! Well, two things actually. I went to New Zealand and while there I was a guest on a leadership podcast! Jim’s oldest son and daughter-in-love live in New Zealand and invited me for a visit. It was actually a trip Jim and I had planned to take together but couldn’t.Continue reading “Leading”

Relational Living

“Love is the most powerful thing we have. Let’s love loudly, more loudly than those who are shouting revenge and hate and bigotry. Let’s follow Jesus. “

Love Carefully

Please be careful who you lump into “us” and “them”. Be careful what you label “woke” or “liberal”. Much of what is being labeled as these are exact teachings of Jesus: caring for the poor and the sick and the widows and the orphans and the immigrants.

Mercy, compassion, empathy, and love are not Christian heresies; they are the core foundation of all that Jesus teaches.

This Dynamic Life

I often open my prayers with “thank you, holy, loving God, for the new beginning each day is in your Kingdom.” Some days I feel it more than others but I know it’s always true.

Joy?

Twelve years ago yesterday, I was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. It didn’t really hit me what day it was. I’ve been moving through my days doing what needs doing, trying to take care of me and the dogs and the house, but most of the time I feel only partially present. IContinue reading “Joy?”