Scripps Sundays

This is your last Scripps Sunday of your freshman year.... You've now finished your first year of college, and you are now officially a sophomore! I thought this post was a fabulous one for you to read and reflect on as you are on your road trip with your people and as you jump into summer.  Can't wait to see you! The freedom of not knowing everything on humility and curiosity Nadia Bolz-Weber May 3 “Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know” -1 Cor. 8:2 The humility of not having all the information A couple weeks ago, I self-righteously sent an angry email to someone I’ve known for a long time about a personal and professional grievance I have with the company they work for. I’d done this more than once in years past, even though it never resulted in the action I asked for. But, not one to back down, I thought it time to have another go. Within minutes they sent me a response that they have not, in fact, worked for that company for two years no...

because it's Mother's Day and because you are the precious child who first made me a mama,  I am sending you another post today to keep the love coming....  awesome photos below of me in the t-shirt Taylor gave me for Mother's Day               On this Mother's  Day , I wanted to share Laura Dern’s beautiful letter below to her daughter Jaya Harper. Enjoy! Born to actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern in 1967 in Los Angeles, from the age of two   Laura Dern   lived with and was parented by her mother and grandmother. Having spent much time on the sets of her parents’ movies, it seemed natural that Dern would one day follow in their footsteps, and she did exactly that when she made her screen debut at the tender age of six, alongside her mother in the action film   White Lightning .  Thanks to roles in films such as  Blue Velvet   and   Jurassic Park , and the recent television series   Big Little Lies ,...

May this prayer below be one that gives you what you need as you push through finals  and wrap up your first year at Scripps!  “God, giver of all work, both mundane and significant, may my life be in rhythm with your Holy Spirit, calling the mundane tasks of my day holy and finding fingerprints all over the crevices and corners of my work. In the moments when I find myself bored, may you bring meaning; when I find myself overwhelmed, may you bring calm; and when I find myself thrilled to embrace tasks with passion and purpose, may I find you the source of that joy. Amen.” -Shannon Vandewarker & Denise Daniels , Practices for Working in the Presence of God