Helms JarrellMay 26, 20204 min"Safer at Home" discernment and discussion tool #wipI'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 ...
Helms JarrellMay 21, 20204 min20 years ago, I graduated from collegeI graduated from college in May of 2000. Twenty years ago! This morning, I pulled out the photo albums from college and made the boys "w...
Helms JarrellMay 20, 20202 minRacial Equity Training with NBA part 3The 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 ...
Helms JarrellMay 20, 20203 minRacial Equity Training with NBA part 2The next day was a mixture of super practical and helpful and also very uncomfortable. I was so very grateful for the practical tools pr...
Helms JarrellMay 20, 20204 minRacial Equity Training with NBA- Part 1Part 1 Last week I was supposed to be in St. Louis. This would have been my first All Staff days with National Benevolent Association [NB...
Helms JarrellMay 18, 20202 minKairos MomentsI'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 k...
Helms JarrellMay 17, 20202 minBits and PiecesI 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 ...
Helms JarrellMay 8, 20202 minMuddy mindI 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 min...
Helms JarrellMay 6, 20202 min[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 b...
Helms JarrellMay 6, 20201 min"He's just like his mother" ~GregWe now have a new morning tradition- Rolly Bat. Rolly bat is a Jarrell family game that reaches back to before Grandaddy Jarrell. It is...
Helms JarrellMay 6, 20202 min"If you don't know, you don't know." ~Neighbor, GregWe've settled into a pretty good visitation routine. On each day, we visit approximately 10 households according to geographic region. ...
Helms JarrellMay 2, 20204 minFail Better Soon- planning aheadWe, at QC Family Tree, started talking about what the summer looks like. The first gut instinct is to remember what we'd already planned...
Helms JarrellMay 2, 20204 min"I want to focus on who I am when I'm not in crisis." ~StephanieDuring the month of April, 10 or more folks have been reading adrienne maree brown's Emergent Strategy and we've been talking about it we...
Helms JarrellApr 24, 20202 minVisitationToday, 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 ...
Helms JarrellApr 22, 20203 min"'Trauma' is just a trendy word for wounds." ~CathyA few connected and disjointed thoughts on trauma: A couple of years ago, I joined an Artists as Change Agents cohort that was led by EMC...
Helms JarrellApr 21, 20202 minThis 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 sacra...
Helms JarrellApr 21, 20203 minQuaranteamIt 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...
Helms JarrellApr 19, 20202 minBudI 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 myst...
Helms JarrellApr 18, 20205 min Small Things, Great LoveI'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 t...
