Public Speaking

Amy welcomes opportunities to speak. To get an idea of her style, you are invited to the podcast page.

Lay Sermon - offered 2006

Mothers, Martyrs, God and Giving Trees (audio version)

In thinking about what I would say to you today my husband, Tim, and I discussed enough material for a hundred sermons. Motherhood is indeed a loaded topic and I am a recent initiate. The fact that today is Mother’s Day makes it even weightier. I worry that my lips will not work and that my annunciation has gone. This is the longest I have spoken to a group of adults since my son Clayton was born 10 months ago. It feels like a kind of coming out party.

What does it mean to be a good mother? In my first few months of motherhood I have been... <more>

Lay Sermon - offered in 2009

"I am fabalas!" (audio version)

In the Bible, in the book of Isaiah, it is written “A little child shall lead them.” I had no idea how true that would be when I became a mother. I had no inkling of the paths and roads and train tracks my son would lead me down on my journey. Clayton has been one of my greatest teachers. Today I would like to share a few of the lessons that he has taught me in his first three and a half years here on earth.

When I was pregnant I read shelves full of books about pregnancy, birth and early childhood. These books were confident in their approaches and inspired confidence in me as a reader. After Clayton was born, however, I realized that... .<more>

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