by Jemelene | Oct 21, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table
At a prayer chapel on top of a hillside in Redding, California, I sat on the grass overlooking the city just one year after a raging fire swept through, destroying everything in its path. The Carr Fire jumped the Sacramento River, blew through three counties, and took...
by Jemelene | Sep 23, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
I’m the youngest of five children, as well as the only girl. It’s often assumed that I must have been the favorite in my family, but life was more complicated than that, and it would take volumes to explain how emotional issues arose in a family with two loving,...
by Jemelene | Aug 15, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
A few months ago, I had cataract surgery on my left eye. As soon as the anesthesia wore off, the vision in that eye began to clear. For several days afterward, I found myself alternating closing my eyes, right eye then left, amazed at the comparison. I was genuinely...
by Jemelene | Jul 16, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
Have you ever chased love? Like many women of my generation, I found love to be elusive, especially in my formative years. With the way society’s emphasis on finding love diverges from the church’s view, the waters were already muddy when I first dipped my toe in. The...
by Jemelene | May 9, 2019 | Mama Jem, My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
At the age of twenty-seven, I stood in a church on Mother’s Day and wept. I’d been diagnosed with a condition that made it difficult to bear children, and being a mother had been the dream of my life. Even in elementary school, my career goals always revolved around...
by Jemelene | Apr 18, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
Several years ago, I worked in a hospital emergency room, greeting patients and families as they entered the ER. My responsibility was to see that everyone was as comfortable as possible while waiting for treatment. Just a few months into my employment, I began to...
