My Circus Train and Other Stories and Reflections from Sermons

Jan Walker

Dec 2014 · WestBow Press

About this ebook

As I go on in this life, a verse from Psalm 16 is my story: You will show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy. That path has taken me on adventures wanted and unwanted, and led to dreams that came true and dreams that died along the way. That is my story so far. Ive come to know that each of us is a story and how we tell our story makes a difference as we walk through this world. We all have broken pieces of ourselves that weve left along the path, but we can decide whether to pick them up and put them together in a new way and go on, or we can go on with the broken pieces hurting us with every step. Thats our choice, and with the help of God and companions along the way, the grace and fullness of healing and joy can come.

About the author

Jan Lee Walker is an Episcopal priest and spiritual director who has served in parish, hospital and hospice ministry for over 35 years. She is a mother and grandmother, and lives with her two Scotties in Richmond, Virginia. She is an artist and writer of poems and loves her garden,filled with countless varieties of hostas, blooming pants and bushes. She is a consummate feeder of the great variety of birds appearing at her bird feeders, and also the acrobatic squirrels who are not daunted by any supposed squirrel-proof feeders. She has a deep interest in her family genealogy and has discovered many long ago relatives from very far back - from England, Ireland and Germany - who settled here, and had interesting lives, occupations and histories. She wishes that she could have known them all, and listened to their stories.