Adventures in the Ordinary

Blogging on as Alice in Wonderland

Jacquelyn Sill — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:45 +0000

Blessed beyond measure, I have the opportunity to serve at my church as the Director of Women’s Ministry. Check out our Blog at CCVInspireWomen.com Recently I had the chance to be Alice in Wonderland for a few hours. I rose at dawn, slipped into the robin-blue dress and tied on the crisp white apron. I …

My lovely Rubbermaid container

Jacquelyn Sill — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:00:55 +0000

“…whatever is lovely…dwell on these things.” Philippians 4:8 I have my camera and I’m on a mission to photograph something that I consider truly lovely. My plan is to climb up into my attic and photograph a large Rubbermaid container that holds the treasures of my daughter, my Molly-girl. Since she has gone on to …

Quitters Anonymous

Jacquelyn Sill — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:08:31 +0000

I’m so overwhelmed I don’t feel like I can finish what I’ve started. It doesn’t matter how far I have come, and the strides that I have made–it’s too much to complete the task. The finish line is too far away. The weights are too heavy. I’m gonna quit. This is not the first time I have felt …

My Life as a Judgmental Food Server

Jacquelyn Sill — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:54:56 +0000

I’m not going to lie; there was time when I made judgments about the people I was serving. At the time, I worked at a well known steakhouse as a Food Server. While I did my job to the best of my ability—it didn’t stop me from being critical of the people who frequented the …

My Vanishing Rocks

Jacquelyn Sill — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:18:11 +0000

Last January, I noticed that there were a couple of rocks missing from my garden. Now, mind you, this is not a rock garden, but a flower garden—but the rocks added their own bit of character. When the rocks began to disappear, I suspected that perhaps my neighbors were stealing the mini-boulders. (I’m fairly certain …

Thanksgiving in August

Jacquelyn Sill — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:31:34 +0000

Last November the Local Outreach Department of my church asked my family to be the hosts for a Thanksgiving Day Outreach to our local Sheriffs Department. The Outreach Pastor wanted a few families to take a turkey dinner, with all the fixings, and share a meal with the men and women who work the holiday. Because of …

To Blog or Not to Blog…Here is the Answer

Jacquelyn Sill — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:36:19 +0000

In a restless state, I woke this morning before my alarm and stared out my window at the overcast sky. The decision I needed to make was weighing on my mind. Silently, I began to pray to God, “Do I keep my blog up & running? Is blogging really worth the effort and the expense? …

Early Desires, and the Color Red

Jacquelyn Sill — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:09:21 +0000

In a recent interview I was asked to share my earliest memory. I recounted the story of when I was hospitalized at age four with pneumonia. I was sitting in a bed behind the walls of a clear plastic tent, and I was holding a doll I had received from a visitor. Through the plastic …

Jesus Loves Strippers. True Story.

Jacquelyn Sill — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:41:52 +0000

XXX Church is a ministry that is highly effective in reaching women who have been pulled deep into the world of pornography, and it also is a place of recovery and accountability for people whose lives have been affected by addiction to pornography. Recently I authored a blog post entitled My Daughter is Going to a Porn Convention. …

Dancing with Death

Jacquelyn Sill — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:17:19 +0000

“There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die… …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:1,2a, 4 Lately, conversations about death abound. Sometimes the conversations are woeful, …