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September 26, 2022

“So pay attention to how you listen.” ~ NRSV

I’ve read this verse many times, but for some reason the words jumped off the page and into my heart last week. I don’t think Jesus was talking about active listening skills so much as listening for the bigger story of God in big and small things.

I talk with my two younger granddaughters most nights on WhatsApp. Last night Marie-Helene had Lucky, one of her baby dolls, and a Spiderman character. I’ve no idea why. Anne-Sophie has been digging around in the family’s Christmas closet, and was wearing a pair of green antlers, with white sticky dots on her cheeks and nose.

No deeply spiritual themes, just two little girls playing before bedtime, surrounded by loving parents, and connecting with their Nana. I think God smiles.

I know that I do. ~ Anne

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Anne Findlay-Chamberlain has devoted her adult life to journeying with people as they seek wholeness. She has a B. S. in Health and Physical Education, and masters’ degrees in Counseling and Divinity. She is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor. She served three different UCC congregations in Hawaii (as pastor at a very small rural primarily native Hawaiian congregation in Hana, Maui; as intentional interim senior pastor at a large Japanese-American congregation in Honolulu; and as senior pastor in a medium size diverse congregation in a suburb of Honolulu). In Hawaii, she supported associate and conference ministries as a member and chair of the Oahu Association Committee on Ministry, and chair of the Hawaii Conference Formation Committee. In addition she served as a mentor to persons discerning their call to ministry within the Hawaii Conference of the United Church of Christ. She is a graduate of Ashland Seminary’s Pastors of Excellence program as well as Shalem Institute’s Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership program. She holds a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Charlotte Spirituality Center, where she teaches a course on Theology and Tradition. Anne is a member of Holy Covenant UCC in Charlotte, North Carolina. In her work as a pastor, spiritual director, and retreat leader, Anne loves accompanying individuals, small groups and congregations in discovering God’s presence in their lives. Anne is married to Rod Chamberlain and they have two adult sons and four delightful grandchildren.

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