“Hope Arises!”
Posted: April 24, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
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Last Tuesday there was an Earth Day Celebration called “Hope Arises” at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Here is a picture of the clergy present who signed a letter to Duke Energy about closing their power plant. I wore my red stole as I did for the Moral Monday protests because we need the Spirit […]
Read more...“Always Go to the Funeral”
Posted: April 17, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
The sermon on Palm Sunday (April 13, 2014) at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church was called “Always Go to the Funeral.” I remember thinking, “Okay Mark (Ramsey), what does going to a funeral have to do with Palm Sunday?” I decided to go with it anyway for he often comes up with thought provoking titles. He […]
Read more...Care Partner
Posted: April 14, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
I’m making plans to attend the Institute on Theology and Disability in Dallas in June of this year. Although it is an expensive trip, I really want to go. It’s one of the few places where I feel valued for my insights as a person with a disability. I know I am respected for what […]
Read more...Walls
Posted: March 27, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: memory
I’m writing a lot about the pool this month because I miss not being able to swim laps. I spoke with someone in the locker room at the Y this week who told me it’s been three years since she has been able to exercise fully. That helped put my situation in perspective, although I’m […]
Read more...Being a mind reader
Posted: March 24, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Lent
In his book A Lenten Hobo Honeymoon, Ed Hays tells a story about a traveler in the Missouri Ozarks who stopped at a general store, in front of which a hound dog sat howling its head off. The traveler asked a man standing outside the store, “Why’s that hound dog howling so much?” He replied, […]
Read more...A Lenten Goal
Posted: March 19, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Lent, perfectionist
When I started using Hay’s book, “A Lenten Hobo Honeymoon” as a reflection book for Lent, in it was a piece of paper with my “Lenten Hobo map” from a previous year. Hays suggest one keep a list of goals for the season. Many of the suggested categories, such as “Fasting & Penances” and “Almsgiving”, […]
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