The Pruning Season
“Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.” …
Category: Anne
The Importance of Ritual
Every spring our campus engages in a wide variety of annual traditions and rituals, including various inductions, banquets, and special ceremonies. These predictable events have felt especially significant to me this time around as I will no longer be sharing …
Keeping Vigil
It is midnight as I write this reflection from the waiting room of the Labor and Delivery unit of the VCU Medical Center in Richmond. My second son, Zach, and his wife, Molly, have been here for almost 30 hours …
A Holy Unraveling . . . A Holy Mess
I feel so very blessed to be a member of a small group of women that has been meeting monthly for many years. We enjoy the normal rituals of friendship like catching up with the latest news in our own …
Of Ashes and Hearts
On a day typically known by the presence of hearts, flowers, and boxes of chocolates, many Christians around the world will today add the symbol of ashes. Not since 1945 have Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday coincided as they do …
The Power of the Light
Our neighbors across the street like decorating for the holidays. Each evening their house and even the trees in the yard are showered with twinkling lights that come from a few small lamps stuck in the ground. They even have …
Dear World – “Hearing the Other to Speech”
The power of story, of speaking our own truth, was experienced in dynamic and impactful ways last week as “Dear World” came to Lynchburg College. As a member of the planning committee, I had some idea of what might happen …
#MeToo #IBelieveYou
Social Media the last several days has been filled with posts with the hashtags #MeToo and/or #IBelieveYou in part to recognize October as Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Awareness month. I was not surprised to see some of the people …
Body Language
Controversy continues to surround the action of Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players and a variety of athletes who have “taken a knee” or locked arms during athletic events recently in part to draw attention to the problem of racism …
Movie Review and Call to Action
My husband and I enjoy going to see movies on the ‘big screen’ and consider a darkened theater the perfect spot for a date night. After an especially long week, we may look forward to a romantic comedy to provide …