The Church Mouse

Hi Everyone, come on in and have a seat.  I just made a fresh pot of coffee and you’re welcome to a cup.  I’m glad you’re here with me. This morning, Tex and I went outside in our bare feet to survey my Victory Garden. We do this pretty much every morning even in the rain.  It’s a lovely little ritual that we share together.  My garden has been renamed ‘The Tomato Jungle’ because its grown so large and tangled that its pulled up all of my tomato cages.   If you look carefully (and I apologize for my pop-socket … Read more

Hi Everyone!  I’m so glad you dropped by and welcome to my first blog: the Church Mouse.  I set this up (well, no, not me, the amazing Gary Petro at Terrautopia set this up) to replace my daily reflections that I had been doing for the church I serve since we were quarantined because of Covid-19.  We are now ramping up to our 7th month of dealing with the pandemic, and it is clear that the ‘sprint’ I was running to manage communication is no longer sustainable and I need to, instead, pace myself and plan to run a ‘marathon’.  … Read more