As I reflect on the many reasons I value attending the women’s retreat each year, I keep coming back to the way that it carves out precious space and time amidst a world that feels busy and chaotic. When I drive along the winding roads of Middleburg, VA, I can physically and mentally feel the constraints […]
This morning I was driving to church as dawn was breaking… The sky was so lovely – pinks and greys and oranges…but as I changed direction away from the sunrise I had a moment of pang – sorry to not be able to see it clearly any longer. But then, as I was stopped at the lights […]
Over 120 RestoWomen gathered last weekend in Middleburg to consider what it means to be mature and secure children of God. Kristen Terry led us through scripture, brain science and attachment theories to help us better understand how we view God as our parent and how we can rest secure as His children. On Friday […]
“So long as there are men and women, Christ walks the earth as your neighbor, as the one through whom God calls on you, speaks to you, and makes demands on you. That is the most serious and most blessed thing about the Advent message. Christ lives in the shape of the person in our […]
Last Tuesday, 7.30pm 51 women met at LFPC to listen, chat, think and pray around the idea of being a woman of God who may be single; and how we can encourage one another to grow into all that God has for us individually and collectively. The panel: Leigh McAfee, Barb Hagerty and Connally Gilliam […]
I grew up in Texas, the land of big hair, big jewelry, and assertive makeup application. As anyone who knows me now might guess, I always felt a bit out of place among Texas women. I liked books, wore glasses, had perpetually crooked bangs, and didn’t have a single rhinestone-bedazzled vest to my name. As […]
February is always a long month. I guess it is the shortest month, if you’re counting days, but for me, it never feels like the shortest month. The excitement of the holidays is long past and I’m ready to shed my winter coat. I’m tired of the early darkness and spring break is too many […]