by Jemelene | Sep 19, 2020 | Pastor Jem
In the mid-1980s, Robin Leach greeted television viewers with his booming British accent. I can hear it in my head “Welcome to the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous!” He always ended the show with the phrase. “Champagne wishes and caviar...
by Jemelene | Nov 26, 2019 | My Posts at The Glorious Table, Pastor Jem
Standing during worship, breathing out the words of Kristene DiMarco’s song “Take Courage” as a prayer of peace for my soul, I caught myself contemplating the past few years. I had recently left a position I loved to engage in a life I needed. Years of working a...
by Jemelene | Nov 12, 2019 | Fight Like a Girl, Pastor Jem
Dear Friends, Over the past few weeks we have been looking for answers to a suspicious spot found on my most recent mammogram. The pathology report came through the patient portal yesterday. The lump is not benign like we had hoped. We don’t know the next step but...
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,...
