Tag: journey
A Way in the Wilderness
Posted: September 24, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
This is a picture of my dog Sparky in our car lying in the midst of our belongings as we returned from our beach trip a couple of weeks ago. Worn-out, he lies among the clutter and I must admit, right now I feel the same way! I had hoped to return from the beach […]
Read more...Differently
Posted: November 29, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
Every now and then I get bummed. Sometimes, I think about simply staying home all day, reading books or checking Facebook and Twitter. There’s enough information flying around that I know I could fill my time just fine. When I first moved to Asheville, that’s just what I did. I had pushed myself too hard […]
Read more...New Vision
Posted: September 5, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: awareness, Depression, grief, journey
In his sermon at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on Aug. 24, 2014, Mark Ramsey spoke about the Emmaus journey and how two weary, grieving disciples had bet their lives on the wrong savior. “After three years of imagination-stretched living, they can’t imagine how their time will be filled other than some wish-dream cobbled together by […]
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...Hobo in the Wilderness
Posted: March 13, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
March 5 was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and I spent the day in bed with a horrible sore throat. In fact I was sick several days last week which was frustrating since Lent is my favorite time of the year. I had decided not to use one of Ed Hays’ devotional guides which […]
Read more...“On Our Way”
Posted: January 23, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: awareness, disability, Dr. Martin Luther King, journey, memory, mental fatigue, resting brain, survivor
Mark Ramsey and Kristy Farber, the two pastors at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church here in Asheville, NC are doing a sermon series on communion, baptisim, funerals and marriages. Last Sunday the day before Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Mark preached about funerals. I couldn’t help thinking, “Now how in the world is he going to […]
Read more...A Way in the Wilderness
Posted: January 18, 2013 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: creative, Depression, Isaiah 43:19-21, journey
My favorite Scripture is in my head today. “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert , to give drink to my […]
Read more...Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Giffords and Kelly, journey, TBI history
I read in today’s paper the following: “Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly wouldn’t go into details about her condition during a news conference Friday and deflected questions about how he knows she supports his choice to fly.” His wife, Gabrielle Giffords, sustained a gunshot wound to her head at a “meet in greet” in Arizona […]
Read more...