RockWall Cottage Chronicles
A newsy, sometimes amusing, usually interesting fly-on-the-RockWall view of my life as an author with updates from my Substack adventures.
The small cottage where I live and write has been affectionally named RockWall Cottage because of the rock wall that divides our side of the property from the side of the property where our friends, the owners of the cottage, live. (Learn More)
What Has Been Happening at RockWall Cottage?
After a call to the doctor and another trip to the ER, we think we have the medication issues for Scott solved—for now. The good news was that the white blood count was edging up—not enough to be helpful, but no longer getting lower. Thank you to all who have sent messages, commented with support, prayed, or kept us in your thoughts. We can hopefully move ahead to solutions during specialist appointments this week. I was thankful we did not end up in the hospital again! As much as I loved this painting that greeted me daily, I do not wish to return.
Saturday my pre-recorded interview aired at the Broken to Beloved Annual Summit. My presentation at the Women’s Ministry for Small Churches conference was not recorded and I had to bow out. You can read what I planned to present at The Day My Life Became an Object Lesson. Thank you to all who have joined me here because of those two events.
News, Highlights from Previous Weeks, What’s Coming, and Other Stuff
Saturday my pre-recorded interview aired at the Broken to Beloved Annual Summit. My presentation at the Women’s Ministry for Small Churches conference was not recorded and I had to bow out. You can read what I planned to present at The Day My Life Became an Object Lesson. Thank you to all who have joined me here as a result of those two events.
Those who arrived on Saturday pushed the number of followers over 500! Since I do very little of the many suggestions for gaining a following, this was a huge accomplishment in less than a year.
If you are new here and interested in the series that I have posted in the past, you can access those in the Substack Series section.
My main objective here on my Substack is to provide hope and insights for healing from childhood adversity/trauma and religious trauma. The world feels very chaotic right now and it is overwhelming. I usually reserve any writing on more political topics for Saturday McMusings. Sometimes, when it feels unnecessary to add another voice to the overwhelm, I post but do not send the article in email newsletters. I circle for some time before writing and hopefully provide a balanced perspective. My reflections will show up on the main page and I share links in these Monday posts. Last night’s post was A Plea for Mercy: Reflections on a Sermon.
While I do not officially recommend substack pages or resources unless I have some personal connection with the writer the following are some that do a deep dive into the issues I most often write about. (Those I recommend are listed with a note explaining why on my Homepage.)
Kristen De Muz (“Historian of gender, faith, politics. Author of NYT-bestselling Jesus and John Wayne, and A New Gospel for Women.”)
Heather Cox Richardson (“A political historian who uses facts and history to put the news in context.” I most appreciate the historical connections!)
Benjamin Cremer (Not on substack—he attended college with my son and I began listening to his wisdom in the earliest days of his journey. “Navigate difficult topics, heal from church hurt, move away from religious absolutism and follow Jesus into the gray areas of life together.”
Scot McKnight: Scot’s Newsletter (Professor of New Testament and author of A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing and Pivot: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture. I especially enjoy his weekly Meanderings.)
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I follow all of those folks. Thanks for the recommendations!