I have written here about the projects going on with the physical property of The Vicarage and the micro-forest gardens. I have written about some of the projects going on at Cornerstone Church. All of those are still in process. If time allows today and the rains hold off I will be working on the chicken paddock and bringing in some more of the fall harvest (which is not huge but is keeping us in healthy vegetables just now). I also have a plant shelf to set up sometime this week and an office to clean. Today I am also putting together a worship set for THE WORSHIP ROOM HOUSE OF PRAYER and I am writing my sermon for Sunday.
That said, there are other projects I have shelved for years now that I am finally taking down and dusting off.
I am talking about my writing projects. When I took on the lead pastorate at Cornerstone and then when Mom’s health failed, I just didn’t have the brain space to keep up with writing regularly. Life has changed, now, and I am seeing my way clear to what I think my next steps in life are supposed to be.
The rhythm of prayer and ministry is the constant anchor of life drawing me continually to my Divine Center in Christ. Cornerstone Church, The Vicarage and its gardens are the launching pad from which my life goes forth. These places are the earthly center from which I currently work. They create a context for me. But I think that I have long neglected the part of my life which brings me so much joy. That is the story telling. That part of me feels like it is coming back to life even as I reorient in this new phase of living.
This blog and my other blog LILLIE-PUT are becoming part of that storytelling work. I have been enjoying editing NOTES FROM THE VICARAGE over the last several weeks. I have added pages in the heading and I have begun going through old posts, deleting those that do not lend themselves to the story and figuring out what I really want to say here in the days to come. I have come up with an intentional writing strategy that I have begun to practice. I am not successfully writing everyday yet, but I am closer to that goal than I have been in years.
Searching for the words again is giving me great joy. I am having fun with life right now and all its many projects.
WHAT IS BRINGING YOU JOY THESE DAYS?
Notes From the Vicarage 
Giving myself time in nature – to simply be – to take in with all my senses what is around me. To see and hear patterns, behaviors. To feel and sense the beauty of it and to see beauty where it might not initially be obvious. To feed my spirit. To remember how interrelated, connected we all are. I am a part of the natural world, not a part from it. To bundle my errands and appointments with walks in nature, near home and a bit further away, familiar and new .. (and to notice what may be new in the familiar). I have a small binder of trail maps organized by towns where I tend to venture. I consult this binder when I’m heading out on errands/appointments. I am continuing to learn how to respect and attend to all of me. To let go of the “shoulds” and replace with what is essential, what brings me joy, and what is actually easy for me.
Thank you for asking …
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I love this Jane! I need to make myself a binder!
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