Wondering Presbyterian

           I was working on a quilt recently and, as often happens while I'm quilting, I had a churchy thought. I was cutting fabric and I found myself thinking about how well the process of quilting serves as a metaphor for so many things. Like stewardship.             Stewardship probably lands in the top ten list of words that seem extra churchy. It’s somewhere under atonement and tithe and fellowship. Simply put, stewardship is how we take care of something that isn’t necessarily ours, but it’s in our care for a little bit. In our church, we believe stewardship is how we care for whatever has been entrusted to us using our time, talents, and treasures. As I was working on this quilt recently, I was thinking about how quilting encompasses all three of those things and thus serves as the perfect illustration for how stewardship works.   Time             Quilting takes a lot of time. It takes time to pick out a design to quilt. It takes time to pick out fabric (and time to drive t

 I looked at my blog this morning and realized I haven't updated it since August. It's now the second week of October and I have to wonder: where in the world did September go?  I'll just be honest: I've been tired. I've been teetering on the edge of burn out, noticing that I've been spending an awful lot of time doing things that I really could delegate to someone else. I am leaving for vacation in a couple of days and as I look forward to heading north to the land of Vermont, I want to encourage you. Here are ten things I'm learning about self-care that I hope help you refill your own wells. They are in no particular order. First: You're doing just fine. Whatever you're doing, give yourself some grace. We're all tired. This pandemic has worn us all out. The headlines and constant reminders of how social injustice affects all of us is exhausting. There is a lot of work to do on all the fronts, but one person cannot do all of the things. Someone