Category: life and love
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a bit of air to breathe in, and a song to sing
A toast to Fridays! Today I slogged (successfully, I might add) through my final paper for my class on Emergent Insights for Youth Ministry at Andover Newton. The paper wasn’t as tight as I might have liked, but given the reality that it was the first paper due in a string of three in a…
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ack! Finals madness is upon me!
It’s finally here- finals season. I knew it was coming. I knew for weeks, years even (if i had cared enough to care, the Harvard calendar is set years in advance) so there was no reason for me to be surprised. And yet here I sit, one week left until all of my finals must…
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2 weeks left.
This morning is my last sermon at Clarendon Hill, and it feels weird. It feels weird to realize that the year is almost over, that my middle year at seminary is drawing to a close, and that I feel less prepared for ministry than ever. This year has taught me so much, but especially has…
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shout out to the dream people.
Every once in a while, I find myself on a dream streak. Usually, I will dream pretty mundane, average things (at least average in my world)… but on these dream streaks, nothing is average. For example, when I was a kid I had this intensely amazing dream that I was a biplane pilot (in a…
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OH Calvin…
I had an epiphany today…. I was goofin’ off on my guitar playing Colbie Caillat and loving her lyrics… and suddenly I realized something. I think, in all sincerity, that if Calvin were alive today he would write mellow surfer guitar music like Colbie Caillat– or at least he would like it alot. And this…
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Taking a much-needed break
Hey there- So it’s spring break, and I am taking a break from blogging for a bit as well… and the internet for that matter. I will be back next week, but until then, hopefully I will be finding some space to breathe and reflect and recharge. Best, Sarah
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Election Fever
I admit it. I am obsessed with primary election gossip. Cnn’s “Election Center 2008” is hot-wired into my search engine history and now I only have to type the first “C” to get what I am looking for. But I ask the question– What is it about this primary process that has me, and for…
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In the Struggle there is Hope
I went on a retreat a few weeks back with my fellow seminarians where we spent almost two days in seclusion on the property of some Cistercian nuns in Southern Massachusetts. It was a great experience for me, to a great extent because it was intentional space set apart from the world around me, space…
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Mainey Maine.
So if you haven’t guessed from the title, I happen to be in Maine currently. To be specific, I am in Harrison, Maine, in Snowbird Lodge, the delightfully secluded and wonderfully beautiful home and lodge of the equally delightful David Thorpe, a local Mainer who happens to produce amazing art and delicious apple muffins (he…
Deeper in me than I 