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Come on in, have a comfy chair, and let's get acquainted.
There's a slice of apple pie (a la mode?), and a cup of tea just brewed.
I'm a recycled teenager, retired several times over, back to teaching again, having fun on the Net.

Introductions :

John
More about me
Meet the cats - they now have their own Page
Where we live
Cursillo
Israel
Invitation
Bunch of Good Links for your Spiritual Life
Go to Church this Sunday

John :

John was my husband, retired pastor of St. James' Church in Clovis, New Mexico.
Before he entered the ordained ministry he served twenty years with the U.S. Army, and learned German, French, Russian, and Vietnamese.
When he retired from the military we both went to Seminary at TESM - Trinity (Episcopal) School for Ministry - in Ambridge, PA, and added Greek and Hebrew to our languages.
He composed music, and played the Organ, Piano, Bassoon, and Contra-Bassoon.
After retiring from St. James, they asked him to come back out of retirement, to serve as Organist and Choir Director.
He also played a mean hand of Bridge - he was a Life Master for Duplicate Bridge.

Links to : TESM | ACBL - American Contract Bridge League

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More about me :

Life has been varied and interesting - I trained as a scientist, taught in several European Universities, then retired to marry John, went to Seminary with him, worked as a hospital chaplain, taught at Fresno State University and West Coast Christian College, went back to College to study music, and am now teaching Greek and Biblical studies at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). I was a full-time Chaplain at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, and when we came to Clovis I helped to organize and run the Volunteer Chaplains teams at the hospitals in Clovis and Portales. I also ran an InterNet Consulting and Training Service to help other Churches and non-profit Institutions have a Web Presence.
Interests and hobbies varied with time and place, and have included : horses and riding, ice skating, motor sports (racing, slaloms, and rallies), languages, gardening, sewing, cats, and music.

There's a fuller bio. available for a click.

Links to ENMU

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Where I live :

I live in Clovis, New Mexico, just 10 miles west of the Texas border. The area is part of the Llano Estacado (the High Plains), a plateau several hundred miles long, at about 4,000 feet above sea level, quite flat and dry. It's mostly rangeland, cattle ranching being one of the main occupations. Clovis itself has tree-lined streets - someone introduced elm trees for shade, and they have seeded themselves like weeds all around the town. Climate is usually hot and dry, but with occasional high winds, thunderstorms, hail, and a bit a snow in winter.

Links to : New Mexico

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Cursillo :

John and I worked on the Cursillo Teams for the first and second Episcopal Cursillos in our area. I have also been on the team for a bilingual Roman Catholic Cursillo. Cursillo is short for "Cursillos de Christianidad" (a short course in Christianity). The original Cursillos took place in Majorca and Spain, in the Roman Catholic Church, and have now spread to other denominations, all over the world. A Cursillo Weekend gives one the experience of living with others in a community, sharing and supporting one another in an atmosphere of joy and caring.

Go to : The Cursillo Page for New Mexico

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Israel :

John and I visited Israel many times, and led pilgrimages from the U.S.A. to Israel. It is after all our spiritual home, and it felt like coming home as we traveled to the great places of the Bible, and met up with friends we made on earlier visits.
On one tour we climbed Mount Sinai - riding camels part way, and climbing the rest on foot. I didn't think I was going to make it, the rocks were so big and the mountain so steep, but somehow we did all get to the top in time to see the sun rise.

On some pilgrimages we extended the tour to include Greece, Jordan, or Egypt

Links to : The Temple Mount, Jerusalem |

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Invitation :

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to Him :

Come unto Me all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matthew 11:28

So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John 3:16

Hear also what Saint Paul saith :

This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15

Hear also what Saint John saith :

If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and He is the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 2:1

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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Last updated : January 6, 2023