Santa Claus Prayers II
Posted: March 17, 2026 by Tamara Puffer
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This past Saturday, I attended a retired minister’s 90th birthday celebration. It was at one of those huge retirement complexes just outside of Asheville. I wasn’t too familiar with it although I have visited folks there before and always got lost. It’s about a 20-minute drive and I was prepared with my GPS fired up. […]
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Santa Claus Prayers
Posted: February 20, 2026 by Tamara Puffer
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Lent began this past Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. I am using a devotional book called Blessed is the Body: Disability Justice and the Community of Faith by Tatum Tricarico. I’m enjoying it so far because I don’t know a whole lot about disability justice and want to learn. On Ash Wednesday she asks us to […]
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Workshop
Posted: January 22, 2026 by Tamara Puffer
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It’s happened again. Sometimes I really hate having a traumatic brain injury. I try pushing my limitations but sometimes I just can’t do it. This Saturday there was a training session put on by the Mennonite Action Training Tour. It’s an all-day session called To Build Our Courage. With everything that is going on in […]
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My Heart
Posted: November 15, 2025 by Tamara Puffer
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I’m in a contemplative mood these days. I’m looking back at my past and thinking about my future. I have much less future than I have a past! That’s hard to digest. I still haven’t figured out how I’m going to directly serve God but at least I have some ideas. This picture was on […]
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No Kings Rally
Posted: October 22, 2025 by Tamara Puffer
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The Trump administration reminds me a lot of Rome in biblical times. They are Roman rulers while most people of the United States are the folks in Palestine. I feel we have no power. Every day gets worse and worse. Right now, the government is shut down with no end in sight. This means people […]
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FPCA Retreat 2
Posted: October 15, 2025 by Tamara Puffer
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In the last post I wrote, I said I would say more about the retreat at First Presbyterian Church. The leader was Rev. Dr. Kimberly Wagner and she was extraordinary. I loved her presentation on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, I can’t write about it since she used a slide presentation and talked from the top of […]
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