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 | 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 | Sep 8, 2019 | Pastor Jem
I’ve picked up more of the cooking in our home lately and with that, I can tell you with all confidence that the smoke alarms throughout the house are working just fine (Ahem). Just like our feelings, they sense something but when they go off they cannot tell...
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...
