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A Southern Woman’s Vocational Credo

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on October 23, 2015. Posted in GOD, GRIEF, HOMELESSNESS, LOVE, Writing. 10 Comments on A Southern Woman’s Vocational Credo

I come to Deborah Koehn Loyd’s Your Vocational Credo: Practical Steps to Discover Your Unique Purpose (IVP Books, 2015) as a Southern female raised in the 1960s and 70s. The adjectives this statement evokes for me are “stricture,” “judgement,” “demanding.” Peering down the tunnel of time, I see a long line of women staring back at me, frowning....

What Can I Do?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 2, 2015. Posted in GOD, HOMELESSNESS, LOVE, Racism to Reconciliation. 5 Comments on What Can I Do?

I’m starting a new series here. I’m announcing this new series so you can skip over my followup posts if you want, ’cause I’m a polite Southern woman, and I sure don’t want to impose. But some of you want these posts. I know you do because I’ve been reading your comments and the question you’ve been asking...

An Open Letter of Thanks

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 11, 2013. Posted in General. 2 Comments on An Open Letter of Thanks

Only the Memphis School of Servant Leadership would: * encourage me to leave the Mission Group (even though they wanted me to stay) because it was best thing for me * tear up as I told them the time had come for me to venture forth on my own * lay hands on me to bless my new journey * tell me they expected me to change the world * do all of this...

Sunday Listening

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 7, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on Sunday Listening

“I don’t want to hear any more talk about heaven. Or Jesus,” my mom says. Still, I think it was a sign. Jesus talking like a surfer dude, except saying “skate” instead of “rock.” The real thing. So I decided to become a rollerblader for Jesus. My mom says, “Yeah, and before that, you wanted to retire the national debt.” “Rollerblader for...