Pay Attention
Posted: June 13, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
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Underneath the picture on last Sunday’s bulletin at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (above) was a familiar quote by Mary Oliver. “To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time […]
Read more...“Into the Wild”
Posted: June 3, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Exodus 16:1-12, wilderness, worry
Since I attended the Summer Institute for Theology and Disability last week in Atlanta, I decided not to sing in the choir at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. I wouldn’t have gone to church at all but it was Mark Ramsey’s last solo sermon before he begins serving a church in Austin Texas and I didn’t […]
Read more...“Two Sides of the Sea”
Posted: May 23, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Brainstormers, Depression
Kristy’s sermon at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church affected me greatly. She began by describing the moment in Exodus 14 when the Israelites crossed the sea and entered into the unknown. “There is a very still moment in this story. Amidst the chase and the army and the chariots and the people crying out after God […]
Read more...Of What Are You Certain?
Posted: May 15, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
At a GCPC choir rehearsal Wednesday night, it occurred to me that my depression has lessened. When this happens, I feel more energetic and alive. I haven’t been able to connect much on any sermons preached lately but I was especially moved by Mark Ramsey’s sermon this past Sunday. I read the sermon again yesterday. […]
Read more...Hymn Fest
Posted: May 11, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: choir practice
Numbers! Numbers! Numbers! I hate numbers. I can’t remember them and I’m tired of having to write them down. I’m tired of trying to find where I’ve written them down! We live in a society that has a code for everything. There are codes to get into most web sites, many building and hallways. When […]
Read more...“Be Perfect” not
Posted: May 4, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
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Anne LaMotte once wrote, “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” I’ve always been a perfectionist which served me well when I was a freelance violinist/violist. If I missed a note, it often meant I wouldn’t be asked to play again so I had to be perfect. Well, that’s what I thought but I took […]
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