Author: Paula
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This Pretty Much Sums it Up
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Drawn by my boss on the department white board. True enough to real life that it made me laugh, but I do know that my co-worker Jane will be disappointed. She kept yelling “make me the trapezoid!”
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Occasions to See God at Work
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“The challenge he poses is to discern in the midst of our darkness the light of God…How radically new my life would be if I were willing to move beyond blaming to proclaiming the works of God in our midst. I don’t think it has much to do with the…
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It Has Been a Whirlwind
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Sometimes you just need a moment to catch your breath. That would aptly describe my last few days; from being busy time-wise, and from being busy from heart and spirit – it has been a whirlwind. At work, we had a group of colleagues in from out of town last…
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The Dining Room: Before and After
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Many of you already know that the weekend was spent re-doing our dining room. What we realized in the process, of much measuring and two trips to Ikea, was that our dining room is pretty small. Its 10 feet x 8.5 feet and its serving a dual purpose: its a…
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It is Not My Grief to Own
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Early this morning, I got an email from a dear friend. A friend I met at my first year at UCSB, who I have lived with twice. Once in college, and once probably ten years later, after we were working in the big, real, world. Since college, there have been…
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Putting it All Together
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Today was spent working on our dining room. At last report, we were going to replace the table, chairs, add a low bookshelf and change up the art in the room. Almost everything had been bought at Ikea last Sunday (honestly, the Super Bowl is a great time to go…
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Friday Music: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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I saw this rainbow on the way into work, eventually it turned into a full rainbow, as I got near San Francisco International. (Hooray for the “Lolo” setting on iPhone’s Camerabag!) It rained most of the day, and we still need so much rain that I’m grateful for every drop…
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Brand Jesus: Consumerism
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A while back I mentioned I’d like to start doing some book reviews, and the first book I was going to tackle was “Brand Jesus: Christianity in a Consumerist Age” by Yale Divinity School grad Tyler Wigg Stevenson. The reason it interested me is that from the overview, it looked…
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How to Plan a Retreat: The Beginning
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So perhaps you’ve been assigned or delegated or volunteered or hired to help plan a retreat. First of all – Congratulations! You’re going to have a great time, and learn a lot in the process. Someone saw something in you that made you the perfect choice for this role, or,…