RevGals Friday Five + Company Girl Coffee = Summertime Friday Five Fun
So, what’s up, Rev Gals and Pals [and Company Girls]? How are you spending your summer? (I know, some of you are in a different hemisphere and it may be chilly…sorry!) Are you experiencing fire or...
View ArticleCompany Girl Coffee: Wow Where Did the Summer Go Edition?
It’s been awhile since I actually did a post specifically for Company Girl Coffee. I’ve combined it with the RevGal Friday Five a couple of times, but it’s been a long time since I just did coffee. So...
View ArticleCompany Girl Coffee: Kicking Back with the In-laws
We’re on vacation this week in Nebraska visiting my in-laws. We’re having a great time. Yesterday was my father and mother’s in law 44 wedding anniversay. We went out to eat and people they have known...
View ArticleRevGal Friday Five: What to Do, What to Do Edition
Kathryn writes about vacations and staycations: I’m wrapping up a two week vacation that has taken me from beach to basement. WHAT? It’s true, I took a week off of work to clean out the basement....
View ArticleBecause Company Girls and RevGals Should Do Coffee Together on Occassion
Good morning Company Girls and RevGals! The Hubby and I are getting ready to leave for Las Vegas tomorrow for the Magic LIVE conference. There are classes and lots of performances. I plan on going to...
View ArticleThe Vegas Vacation Update
Hello all! The Hubby and I are in Las Vegas on vacation. We’re hear for the Magic LIVE conference. The Hubby is attending most of the seminars and classes. I’m attending the performances, but I don’t...
View ArticleCompany Girl Coffee: Vegas Picture Edition
We had a great time in Vegas and saw some incredible magicians. There are no pictures of the performances because cameras and video weren’t allowed. We saw Joshua Jay’s show Unreal. He’s a wonderful...
View ArticleHow can it be September?
Hello Company Girls and RevGals! Although I don’t know where the summer went fall is my favorite time of the year, and I’m very happy it’s on our doorstep. At RevGals for the Friday Five kathrynzj...
View ArticleIt’s official: I’m on the website as a presenter
In June I will be leading a workshop at the Evangelical and Ecumenical Women’s Caucus’ biannual meeting, The Gathering. I am now on the website listed as a presenter! At my first national conference!...
View ArticleBlast from the Past: Geeks and Ghosts: Valentine’s Day for the rest of us
We take Halloween very seriously too I posted this three years ago. An update on what you will read: I still have not learned Latin (BAD SHAWNA!), and we still haven’t gone on the Haunted Chicago’s My...
View ArticleLent, Self-Care & the 2nd Greatest Commandment: Love Yourself
A little over a week ago my ebook posted on why I had suddenly disappeared after all the posts and fun in March: I got sick. And not just sick with one thing. I’ve spent the last three weeks being sick...
View ArticleKeeping Lent In the Pandemic: Practicing Kindness
Last year when we began to social distance and shelter in place, we said it was “the lentiest Lent we ever lented.” Little did we know Lent was going to last for a year (at least). As we now walk...
View ArticleIt Came to Pass: Rolling with Life Changes
Life changes, so I bake. How life changes never ceases to amaze me. In my most recent post on Lenten practices, I tagged a post I had written in 2008. First, how can 2008 be 13 years ago? Then I...
View ArticleKeeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Gratitude
Practicing gratitude is this week’s theme? I can already see you roll your eyes. Yes, I know this is a cliched buzzword, which probably explains why I had only one friend respond to my inquiry on how...
View ArticleKeeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Joy
When a few different friends told me they weren’t sure if they were going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, I knew what Lenten practice I was going to focus on for this week: Practicing Joy....
View ArticleKeeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Contentment
Last year in February I started planning my birthday. It was my 50th, and I planned a bash. We rented out our building’s Party Room, planned the menu with my good friend Kim Callis (an excellent...
View ArticleCan Everyday Creativity Change the World?
Can baking save the world? I’ve had two ideas swirling around my head for a couple of years. The first Patricia McKillip gave me in her book Solstice Wood. The book features a group of women who use...
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