Sabbatical
Jesus’s best advice was often wordless. As he quietly moved back and forth between the solitude and the multitude, he modeled healthy spirituality for all of us. We belong to the multitude. We were designed for communal life in all its messiness and joy. Social science research confirms that we thrive best in the give […]
Grief Support Group 2019
Are you experiencing the grief of living without a loved one? Are you interested in meeting with others from your church and community who have also experienced loss? Beginning Wednesday, October 9, and lasting through Wednesday, November 13, I will be leading a grief support group at our church. We will meet each Wednesday from […]
Culture of Caring at FBG
Back in 2017, one of our members had a stroke which limited his mobility and temporarily left him confused about where he was and who was visiting him. As we made daily visits to his hospital room and engaged him in a little conversation, we realized that even though he was in a hospital bed […]
Kendra Returns to Work
The time has come for my return! Spending time with my little family has been glorious, and at the same time, I’m looking forward to offering pastoral care and counseling to you folks again and joining you for worship and community events. My first day back in the office will be tomorrow, May 14th, but […]
It’s Baby Time
Unless Baby Boy Plating decides to make his debut early, my last day of work before maternity leave will be this Sunday, February 17th. I am so excited to be spending 12 weeks at home with baby – recovering, bonding, bouncing, burping, learning about each other and from each other, and being generally exhausted(!). The […]