http://annecoffman.com Thoughts on Life, Faith, Churches and Things That Shape the Soul Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I made 68 refrigerator magnets last week and I loved it! They are a project for my home church: King Street United Church of Christ in Danbury. (http://www.kingstchurch.org/) I am working on stewardship this year with the church and our theme is: From Jesus’ fullness we have all received grace upon grace. John ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=146 For me, this has been a big year for endings and beginnings. Yesterday was the second time a week that I said goodbye to longtime friend who is moving away. A small group of women ate lunch together and talked about our memories of Linda and shared with her ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=141 I was doing some writing today and when I used the term unchurched in my piece, Spell Check underlined it in red.  I thought I knew how to spell that word so I clicked to find how Spell Check thought I should spell it.  Their suggestion was uncharted.  Uncharted … ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=125 My dog Sheba died suddenly last Sunday.    Here are some pictures of her:    It is hard to describe how much our pets can impact our souls.   Many people would say that a dog has no place in a conversation about the spiritual life.  But all I know is that my life has ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=117   We live in a time when the experience is everything.  We want to have a shopping experience; we want to have a coffee experience.  We want to experience worship, we want to experience God.  But this past Sunday my pastor, Rev. Cindy Maddox, (King Street United Church of Christ www.ksucc.com ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=114                I love “What Not to Wear”!  It is a great model for Spiritual Growth -  I am serious - both churches and individuals could learn a lot from What Not To Wear!. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure – WNTW is a personal makeover show on TLC.   ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=111  I want to put a question to you, my gentle readers – Do you experience God? If you do – and I hope you do – where (and how) do you experience His presence? I am asking because I have been visiting various churches lately and I have met some nice people ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=108   Just the other day, my mother asked me if I had said thank you to someone who had given me a gift.  Let’s be clear here – I have not lived at home for well over thirty years.  My own children are mostly grown.  I should be beyond my mom ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=106   Over the past few weeks, I have had the fun of singing in a choir preparing John Rutter’s Gloria for performance next week.   Although, I have done quite a bit of solo singing, it has been years since I worked intensively on a choral piece.  I had forgotten how different ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=103   In broken English, she said that she had come from her pastor to pay the rent.  The congregation I serve is in a poor Northeastern city with a large immigrant population.  We make ends meet by renting the building to four other churches.  The monthly rent for her church is ... http://annecoffman.com/?p=100