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Deborah Lynn Coble

@revdebc.bsky.social

Mom of 4, Grammie of Z, E, T, M, B, R and F. Methonerd, UMC pastor and ERT. I like #knitting, travel, taking pics, and experimenting with sourdough.

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Today I went to an Iowa grocery store called Fareway. They are known for their meat department, so of course I picked up a steak. I had forgotten that someone from the store goes out to your car with you to load your grocery into your car. What a luxury!

27.06.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
After church a thank you dinner - complete with music by the Almost Heaven Dulcimer group!

After church a thank you dinner - complete with music by the Almost Heaven Dulcimer group!

Me and one of three UHaul vehicles I’ve driven this week.

Me and one of three UHaul vehicles I’ve driven this week.

I was presented Mothman Chips by Mister Bee…a taste of West Virginia!

I was presented Mothman Chips by Mister Bee…a taste of West Virginia!

Lunch with Alicia - which included her sharing her latest creative project - this beautiful cross stitch - β€˜Free Palestine - are we not their brothers and sisters?’

Lunch with Alicia - which included her sharing her latest creative project - this beautiful cross stitch - β€˜Free Palestine - are we not their brothers and sisters?’

All the feels as this last week in West Virginia winds down. This time tomorrow I’ll be hours west of South Charleston - making my way to North Liberty Iowa!

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Collecting memories as I prepare for (yet another) move

Some thoughts as I prepare for my next adventure

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Loving the time I got to spend with my two sons this past weekend. Justin flew in from Las Vegas for a couple days and we got to see a play, went to Ethan’s graduation and ate some delicious meals together.

We were blessed with great weather and time to relax and enjoy each others company!

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Emry enjoying some zen time

Emry enjoying some zen time

Whee - Riley loved the slide

Whee - Riley loved the slide

Emry exploring the tree house at the Iowa Arboretum

Emry exploring the tree house at the Iowa Arboretum

Me and Em

Me and Em

A grand time yesterday in Iowa!

06.05.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Children's Message Easter 2025 Cross Lanes UMC
YouTube video by Cross Lanes United Methodist Church Children's Message Easter 2025 Cross Lanes UMC

A creative children’s moment - with the help of Karen, our admin assistant. This is one of those things I couldn’t practice - so it was either going to work, or not πŸ¦‹

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Bad Friday reflections from a mother's perspective

In our house β€˜Good Friday’ is known as β€˜Bad Friday’

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Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers for our brother and his family, and yes even for his captors. Soften our hearts to hear the cries of your people.

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The Last Supper is the First Feast The Table is the Point: The Holy Thursday Revolution

This! This!! This!!!

Thank you @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social

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And another groups response. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.

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Over the past month I have been with two different groups of people who are walking alongside and serving survivors of flooding in Appalachia. At the start of the training, when asked how they were feeling - this is what they shared.

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Cory Booker! A moral moment, an inflection point, let the government function for the people!

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these clouds!

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Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting Black woman in a long dress and white shawl holding knitting pn a table beside her, looking outwards

Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting Black woman in a long dress and white shawl holding knitting pn a table beside her, looking outwards

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), abolitionist, women's rights advocate, who chose to be photographed with her knitting. As an enslaved person, she had knitted/spun endlessly and when free later in life, she taught knitting to former enslaved women aiding self-sufficiency #womensart

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And so it begins… #clergyonthemove #iowahereicome

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Spring!!! Pictures around the church today.

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Have you ever wondered? The first signs of spring

Where I ponder about spring and the color yellow:

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It may seem odd to commemorate this day - but I don’t ever want to forget how my (our) world changed five years ago. #lettherebepeace

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Five years ago today I was changing my weekend plans - so that I could get home before everything shut down. My plans for a weekend out of state with friends was not only put on hold - but the fear was that we had no idea when we’d see each other again.

What are your early pandemic memories?

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remember you are dust There is something very humbling about being the one to impose ashes.

Some thoughts about Ash Wednesday…

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For my neighbor, Marta, my United Methodist Colleagues serving in Ukraine, for all that my faith teaches…I stand with Ukraine

01.03.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A quick picture after worship today

A quick picture after worship today

My Iowa family (Bryan, Zayden, Emry, Lauren, Riley) and son Ethan.

My Iowa family (Bryan, Zayden, Emry, Lauren, Riley) and son Ethan.

Today it was announced that I will be appointed to serve as a Transitional Intentional Interim serving North Liberty First United Methodist Church in North Liberty, Iowa, effective July 1, 2025. It means a lot to be able to return back to Iowa. This allows me to be closer to my family. πŸ™Œ

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The bulbs provide the tender stalks and daffodil flowers with everything they need to flourish. In their own time.

In this season - I want to be a daffodil bulb.

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Anticipation... and wonder.

The appearance of these slender stalks make me smile - not just because of the anticipated arrival of spring. But also because of the resilience of the bulbs from which they come.

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Ken Carter | Substack I’m a bishop in the United Methodist Church, a consulting faculty with Duke Divinity School, and an author. I’m for a generous orthodoxy that leads to inclusion and reconciliation through the creation...

Subscribe to his weekly writing here: substack.com/@bishopkenca...

08.02.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And we have lived through multiples of them and some more than others.

So be at peace. Trust God. Love your neighbor and your enemy. In a season of cruelty, be merciful. And, as our Lord taught us in the Beatitudes, you will be blessed.

To which I say...Amen. Amen. May it be so.

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What will be most helpful is to be activist in response, for the common good (not partisan gain), and to be contemplative in mind and heart. This will serve as a buffer to the trauma.

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Continue or begin a spiritual practiceβ€”read the psalms, or the gospel of Luke with us (now in chapter 8). Create a prayer list and practice intercession.

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Wisdom from @bishopkencarter.bsky.social

If this is all disturbing to you, I invite you to stay engaged... Take consistent and simple steps. Avoid doomscrolling to the degree that you can. It only feeds into the desired responseβ€”the cruelty is the point.

08.02.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

yep...totally agree. As a pastor I think my main calling is to be curious - to ask questions that help others discover and lean into who they were called to be...

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