"Safer at Home" discernment and discussion tool #wip
I've been thinking a lot about how I make the decision of whether I'll have contact with a particular person or place and I've also been...
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Helms Jarrell
May 21, 20204 min read
20 years ago, I graduated from college
I graduated from college in May of 2000. Twenty years ago! This morning, I pulled out the photo albums from college and made the boys...
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Helms Jarrell
May 20, 20202 min read
Racial Equity Training with NBA part 3
The last document we spent time on was one that helped us to think about a systems approach to racial equity. The document helped us to...
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Helms Jarrell
May 20, 20203 min read
Racial Equity Training with NBA part 2
The next day was a mixture of super practical and helpful and also very uncomfortable. I was so very grateful for the practical tools...
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Helms Jarrell
May 20, 20204 min read
Racial Equity Training with NBA- Part 1
Part 1 Last week I was supposed to be in St. Louis. This would have been my first All Staff days with National Benevolent Association...
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Helms Jarrell
May 18, 20202 min read
Kairos Moments
I've seen a different snake every day for three days. I'm not a fan of snakes. I don't know what seeing snakes regularly means. I do...
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Helms Jarrell
May 17, 20202 min read
Bits and Pieces
I don't really have a full blog post to share. Just bits and pieces. Nights have been so loud in the neighborhood. I'm looking forward...
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Helms Jarrell
May 8, 20202 min read
Muddy mind
I have had a few straight days of clear thinking and things getting done. It felt good. That time has passed. I'm back to the muddy...
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Helms Jarrell
May 6, 20202 min read
[pantomimed tear]
We're all wearing masks inside the house because the HVAC service guy is here. My oldest son couldn't find his mask, so he's wearing a...
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Helms Jarrell
May 6, 20201 min read
"He's just like his mother" ~Greg
We now have a new morning tradition- Rolly Bat. Rolly bat is a Jarrell family game that reaches back to before Grandaddy Jarrell. It is...
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Helms Jarrell
May 6, 20202 min read
"If you don't know, you don't know." ~Neighbor, Greg
We've settled into a pretty good visitation routine. On each day, we visit approximately 10 households according to geographic region. ...
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Helms Jarrell
May 2, 20204 min read
Fail Better Soon- planning ahead
We, at QC Family Tree, started talking about what the summer looks like. The first gut instinct is to remember what we'd already planned...
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Helms Jarrell
May 2, 20204 min read
"I want to focus on who I am when I'm not in crisis." ~Stephanie
During the month of April, 10 or more folks have been reading adrienne maree brown's Emergent Strategy and we've been talking about it...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 24, 20202 min read
Visitation
Today, K asked, "How much longer are yall going to be doing this?" I automatically answered, "as long as we can!" I walked away with an...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 22, 20203 min read
"'Trauma' is just a trendy word for wounds." ~Cathy
A few connected and disjointed thoughts on trauma: A couple of years ago, I joined an Artists as Change Agents cohort that was led by...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 21, 20202 min read
This is what a pastor looks like?
I've been thinking a lot about my role and identity as pastor. What makes a pastor a pastor? Is it the church? Is it serving the...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 21, 20203 min read
Quaranteam
It is looking like our "stay at home" mandate is going to stick around at least through May. And even when the "stay at home" mandate is...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Bud
I do not know how it is that I got so lucky, so assigned, so blessed, such kairos, such serendipity, such a gift. Some how, in some...
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Helms Jarrell
Apr 18, 20205 min read
Small Things, Great Love
I've been thinking about the mothers of my faith. Thanks to a newly gifted tshirt, Dorothy Day comes to mind often. Thanks to an easy...
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