The Untrained Calf

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Keep Christ in Christmas (And Santa Out of the Manger)

Among the seeming hundreds of catalogs I receive at this time of year is a religious catalog of cards, stationery, gifts, books and, app...

Sunday, October 11, 2020

The Five Stages of the Scratch I love my cat, Coco, she loves me. She’s asleep on my bed, curled into a big, furry donut. I lean over and ...

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Postcards from Lonnie — Life on the street corner

My brother, Lonnie, had a unique perspective on life, shaped by his life on the street, the people he met, the kindness (and unkindness) he ...

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Thoughts about demonstrators and authenticity

Even my most right-leaning friends agree that what happened to George Floyd was a horror, immoral, inexplicable and inexcusable. I managed...

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About Me

Lisa Johnson: I became a writer the day I learned the alphabet. I blog about whatever I’m into any given day—stupid cat stories, the nature of God, stoplight musings, kale, church, traffic, age, kayaking, weight loss. See the pattern? No? Good. I worked for ad agencies in New York and Atlanta, loved it, lasted 16 years before it wore me out. I freelanced for a while, then took on corporate communications, which, as anyone in the field will tell you, tends to put you to sleep. But it was a paycheck, and I had a good boss, so I was contented. Now I have the best boss and I'm way past contented: I'm retired. I’m a seminary graduate—Candler School of Theology, Emory University. I tried pastoring— loved preaching and Bible study, hated being church CEO. I wrote a book about my brother, who was homeless most of his adult life. It was published on January 14, 2020: Postcards from Lonnie. I’ll share excerpts here, and you can get your own copy on Amazon or through bookstores. I had cancer twice, kicked its butt twice. (Women: mammos, please.) My blog name is from Jeremiah 31:18—“I was like a calf untrained….” See? Untrained? Wandering all over the place, topic-wise? Life-wise? There it is.

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