by Nicole Havelka | May 29, 2014 | Change Leadership, Pop Culture
Pure desperation sparked my fledgling attempts to use videoconferencing software for meetings and other gatherings. Scattered, over-programmed people just couldn’t find time to drive 1-2 hours to yet another meeting each month. Children’s school plays, band concerts...
by Nicole Havelka | May 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sunday morning. I hold a tiny cup of watery coffee in my less-than-dainty hands. A few properly dressed matriarchs and patriarchs of the church I’m visiting stare at me kindly, chatting absently about the weather, inquiring about my drive that morning, commenting on...
![A Mother’s Day Card: Blessed are those who Nurture]()
by Nicole Havelka | May 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I sincerely want to wish all those who mother, who nurture young people into greater being a happy and wonderful day. I am deeply grateful for all those who have (and do) nurture me — my biological mother and grandmothers as well as the scores of others who have...
by Nicole Havelka | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
As a staunchly “arty” teenager, I disdainfully rolled of my eyes when coaches and athletes would pontificate about the “life lessons” one learned on the football field, the basketball court or the baseball diamond. Embracing my more athletic side as an adult, I open...
![A Mother’s Day Card: Blessed are those who Nurture]()
by Nicole Havelka | May 1, 2014 | Faith Formation, Pop Culture
Two words for my fellow Progressive Christians: Stop Hiding. I know you don’t want to be associated with door-knocking, salvation-sharing, “washed-in-the-blood” proselytizing. You don’t want to talk about what you believe in public or even with your family or church....
Recent Comments