One wild and Precious Life.
Posted: April 24, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: memory, mental fatigue, preaching, resting brain, stress
At the Good Friday service at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, one of the speakers read from “The Summer day” a poem by Mary Oliver It really stuck with me and if you want to read it here’s the link: http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html . I had heard it before but hearing it then was just the right time. She wrote, “Tell me, what is […]
Read more...Scars
Posted: April 17, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
This past Sunday was the first Sunday after Easter. When I went to Grace Covenant Presbyterian the picture on the left was on the cover of the bulletin. I looked at it and thought, ” what does a little girl ready to climb a ladder into heaven have to do with Easter?” When I read […]
Read more...Tuesday of Holy Week
Posted: April 4, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
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Ed Hays in the Lenten Labyrinth for Tuesday of Holy Week writes of Jesus words in Matthew 17:24: “You must deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me.” He suggests we actually have two crosses to bear. Besides the revolutionary cross of Christ of bringing justice and peace to the world, we also have a cross […]
Read more...Holy Week
Posted: March 31, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: memory, overstimulation, perfectionist, preaching, stress
Mark and Kristy lead a class on the Resurrection stories and art at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (GCPC). In the first session, they laid out 15 paintings depicting the Resurrection in art. We were asked to look through them selecting the ones that drew us in. I saw glorious images of Jesus ascending into heaven […]
Read more...Brainstormers
Posted: March 23, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
On Wednesday I had to go to several places on the way to somewhere else. Doing this always stresses me out but I figured it would be okay. First, I took Sparky to the doggie day care. On the door was a note saying the day care was going to move to a new location […]
Read more...“People-First” Language
Posted: March 12, 2012 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, disability, organization, stress
You’re probably wondering what a picture of the Y’s pool has to do with “people-first” language. Absolutely nothing. I don’t know how to put pictures throughout my post but I can post them at the beginning so you’ll have to wait until further down when I talk about the pool! This morning I emailed back and forth […]
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