I feel the need to explain why I redesigned my blog site and the intent of the creation of my logo as well as what you can expect to find here moving forward.  Some of you may choose to never come to mrssummitt.com again and if that is the case for you, dear reader, please know that I hold no ill will and wish you well in your online travels.

I don’t often speak about my life or my faith or my own struggles as a child of God but I am about to do just that…and I beg your indulgence, dear reader as I ramble for a few paragraphs.

My life has always been one of calling.  I don’t say that to be sanctimonious or self-righteous.  It has been a burden and a blessing, one that I have ineffectually attempted to run from for nigh on 40 some years.  I have blamed just about anyone and everyone I could for not following the call earlier, thinking that if I could just avoid it long enough, God would find someone else who wanted to answer the call. 

Of course, it doesn’t really work that way.  God just keeps patiently calling until you finally say “Ok. Ok.  I’m coming.  Sheesh, stop nagging already!”  So here I am, ready to answer the call.  Sheesh!  The funny thing is, we know that 1,000 years to us is like a blink of an eye to God, so why exactly do we think God is going to run out of patience before we do?

I’ll write more of my faith journey in these pages over time in order to share some of the varying perspectives I’ve had over the years that have led me to this moment.  I am no saint but to paraphrase Father Larry Richards from his book, “Surrender”, we should want to be saints and we should live our lives accordingly, meaning each morning we awaken and pray to make the choices in our day that lead us closer to being a saint.  Full disclosure:  I have a really, really long way to go!

Now my dear reader, you may be thinking to yourself that you’ve just concluded the few rambling paragraphs I begged your indulgence on at the start of this page and now you’d like to know just what the heck does it all mean.  I wish I knew.  One of God’s blessings for us mortals is that He only reveals His plan for us one stepping stone at a time.  At this point I have stepped on the path in faith and am hoping the next stepping stone will be illuminated at any moment (hopefully my version of a moment and not the Lord’s)

I have been given some clues though and I know that it has something to do with sharing the nuances of our faith in ways I have yet to understand.

If you stay with me on this journey, I can confidently promise long periods of frustration followed by short bursts of joy & laughter. I expect those who love me most will wonder if I’ve gone mad while those less charitable toward me will consider this proof of it.  I’ll also be giving a try to audio podcasting and creating some videos too which should provide hours of mirth for those with a more technical bent.

Yours in Christ’s Love,

Mrs. Summitt

Ah yes…I did mention the logo earlier as well.  Here’s the short version of that particular story:

I knew that if I was going to rebrand mrssummitt.com to no longer focus on my socio-political opinions that I needed to find a symbol that would reflect how I view myself in these endeavors.  I consider myself to be an Roman Catholic American.  My loyalties lie with my God and my Country.  The logo represents that with the cross intersected by the star.  The cross represents Catholicism, the star represents my fixed point as a living being here on earth and the red and blue in the logo represent the good old USA.