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The WhitbyForum website has gone silent for several months. But as any parent of small children knows, silence doesn’t necessarily mean nothing is happening. The past few months (actually all of 2014) may have slowed my blogging efforts, but this … Continue reading →

If you haven’t already read it, the reader comment from this past weekend just might encourage you to dive in. Hi Carolyn! Early this afternoon five women including myself finished discussing the last two chapters of The Gospel of Ruth. … Continue reading →

In my Internet meanderings, I came across a Huffington Post link to “Airbrushed Celebrities.” In all but a couple of cases, those before and after photos—flaws removed, waists and thighs shrunk—created an enviable image. But there is another kind of … Continue reading →

Frank was out of town, a Fenway Park Red Sox baseball game was just starting on TV, and I had the remote! As many know, Red Sox baseball is my other (not so secret) love. I do love Frank, but … Continue reading →

Rembrandt’s Apostle Paul If any New Testament writer was inclined to drop F-Bombs, the obvious candidate would be the Apostle Paul. After all, he is the patron saint of patriarchy—right? Not so fast! Recall that Paul was minding his own … Continue reading →

Inside a flowered book jacket … on a LifeWay bookstore shelf … tucked snuggly into the Women of Faith Bible study series? Yup. That’s me. And despite what you might think, Understanding Purpose is not out of step with the … Continue reading →

Fr. Richard Rohr “Do not get rid of your hurts until you have learned all that they have to teach you. . . . trust [your] time in the belly of the whale, how to stay there without needing to … Continue reading →

This past week, I passed the three-month marker since my surgery and I’m back in fighting form. During my recovery, (besides tracking baseball) I’ve been reading a lot. I’m in my second Richard Rohr book. The first was Falling Upward: … Continue reading →

Recovery is taking longer than I expected, but I’m starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Starting this week, I’m planning gradually to be more active locally—starting with speaking at a Symposium hosted by Biblical Seminary’s Doctor … Continue reading →

This will be the final of the updates as I continue on the road to recovery and back to my normal self. Back to blogging too. The road to recovery has been bathed in God’s mercies, but none more precious … Continue reading →