Abingdon Women was thrilled to partner with The Woodlands UMC to launch Jessica LaGrone's new study, Namesake as part of our new upcoming “Your Life, Your Faith” Conferences.

Abingdon Women - if you are near Plano, Texas we look forward to meeting you later this month! Join us at Christ United Methodist Church (3101 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075) on Thursday, February 21st from 7 - 9 PM. If you are interested in an engaging and vibrant women's ministry program, you are welcome to attend this special night.

Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many. We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we all were given one Spirit to drink. Certainly the body isn’t one part but many. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14 CEB)

I enjoy traveling. I also like to be prepared. So, when it comes to packing my bag(s), I have a reputation for taking along much more than necessary.

In the classroom I answered to the name of Jessica, but as soon as we hit the playground for recess I had an alter ego, a code name. I was Crystal.

Silence does not get much respect these days. We fill every moment with something and then we crave more hours in a day so we can fill those up too.

I remember the conversations we had when trying to find a name for our first child Drew. We decided to continue a family tradition of giving a kid his dad's first name as his middle name. Drew's name is Andrew James. His dad, Jim's, is James Robert. His dad (Drew's Pawpaw) is Robert Alan. It's a way of embedding a little bit of history in a name. A subtle nod without going so far as: "Jim Junior."

What is your namesake? Have you ever really thought about your name or looked up what it means? I am named after my grandfathers. My maternal grandfather's middle name was Whitfield and my paternal grandfather's name was Robert.

Our son experienced his first trip to Disney World on New Year’s Eve last year. We went to visit family in Florida after Christmas and made a quick trip to Orlando to meet Mickey and his friends.

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