Pics from my frozen adventures! The trail down. Such amazing blue skies and glistening snow! I’m glad for my boots! Walking along the creek… This is the creek… frozen solid in most places. Distant icicles… A closer shot And standing next to them… The creek peaks through in places… sometimes in just the size of [...]
Archive for the ‘Mary's Musings’ Category
On the morning of Tuesday, February 8th, I received an email asking if I was still planning on attending the Nyack Graduate School of Counseling’s open house the following day. I had been planning on driving down to the school sometime near the end of February to check out their Master’s program, but had not [...]
All Boxed In
Posted: February 10, 2011 by mematice in Church Planting, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeI have been told many times throughout my life that I think outside the box. I like that, for I am a creative person. And a dreamer. I like to figure out how to have my cake and eat it too. And usually I am successful But there is one area in which I completely [...]
The Myth of the Pastor’s Wife
Posted: October 17, 2010 by mematice in Church Planting, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeI am ungodly. I am unloving. I am fearful. I am stubborn. I am ungrateful. I am selfish. And I am okay with these things. This is the myth of the pastor’s wife, of the pastor’s family, and of life and Christianity in general – that we aren’t these things. That somehow with great faith, or [...]
It’s fall in NY! The hills are dotted with red and gold outside our windows. Carl tells me it’s not the best fall as far as falls go… but it’s definitely the best fall I have experienced in a while. The air is crisp and refreshing! I bought a spiced apple Airwick for our apt. The spice wafts through [...]
One in every six homicide victims known to police in 2007 had a domestic relationship with their offenders. Of 157 total female homicide victims, 55% were killed n a domestic incident. Females were victims in 81% of 72 intimate partner homicides in the state. – “Domestic Homicide in New York State, 2007″ released December 2008. [...]
Dear Binghamton, You are far different from anything I have ever known. You have had some hard knocks. You have seen boom and bust over and over again. So many of your people are hurting, overwhelmed, and discouraged. They are often fighting just to survive. Their faces are burned into my memory. I have hugged [...]
There is just something special about having a warm companion in your lap while studying at midnight.
After over 26 hours spent in just one week’s worth of material, I finally understand what the title means and how to compute it. Note to self: never try to understand complex concepts in the middle of the flu – it’s not worth the time. Yesterday I started the day off being 2 weeks behind [...]
On Being an Athiest by McCloskey Response to McCloskey Above are two documents: The article called “On Being an Atheist” and my response to it. I was required in a class to think through McCloskey’s objections and respond to them. I could have spent so many more hours on this. My response is neither complete or [...]
