by JemB | Aug 29, 2016 | God's love, Hope, Ponderings, Travel
This blog is named “Raising My Ebenezer” because it is a place I can memorialize in a way lessons I’ve learned, stories, and people important in my life. Ebenezer is often defined as “stones of remembrance.” This weekend, while walking...
by JemB | Jul 5, 2016 | God's love, Lessons Learned, Ministry, Peace, Ponderings, Travel
No, this is not a post “airing our dirty laundry”, but instead a story of how this pile of laundry (about 10 loads) became a symbol of blessing and joy to me. Friday we came home from serving at our first two weeks of Family Retreat. (For those of you not...
by JemB | Jun 5, 2016 | Family, Friendship, God's love, Lessons Learned, Ponderings, Travel
As I grow in my understanding of urban ministry I have had to wrestle with the phrase “white privilege.” As I’ve thought about that concept, I came to realize that Jerry and I live with “Disability Privilege.” Friends, or those we meet,...
by JemB | Jan 21, 2016 | Fun, Ponderings, Travel
99 Beautiful Places is a puzzle that I received as a Christmas gift this year (thanks again C). I started it a little over a week ago. I put some time into it on my own. The next day “our girls” (daughters of our heart*; you can read an early part of...
by JemB | Jan 19, 2016 | Friendship, Fun, Ponderings, Travel
A few weeks ago I shared an anecdote about my missing pink and brown moose sock. Imagine my surprise and delight when I brought in our mail and saw a small packet from a store that sounded “Alaskan” to me. How fun to open it up and find these – a...
