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Courtney Ellis

@courtneyellis.bsky.social

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author. birder. pastor married to a pastor. author of Weathering Change, Looking Up, and Uncluttered. host of The Thing with Feathers podcast, about birds and hope. stubbornly kind.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · Jul 3

Creation is constantly in flux—seasons, tides, migration, life cycles. Witnessing the ways nature weathers change offers wisdom in how we might do the same.

So excited to announce my new book, Weathering Change. Preorder yours today!

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 14h

I write occasional articles for our Presbytery’s newsletter, but rarely do they bring tears to my eyes. This one did.

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Worship and Partnership

For 45 years the Vietnamese Presbyterian Church of Garden Grove (VPC) and First Presbyterian Church (FPC) have partnered together.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 14h

You can call me bro if you want, but the answer to whatever you’re asking will be no.
—A sentence I just spoke to my teenager

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, obviously 😆

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, I would! I’m headed to the Rio Grande Birding Festival in November and I am SO STOKED to see all the TX birds.

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

Dear airlines:

Please stop offering us connecting flights that are 35 minutes or less. We can’t even get off the first plane in 35 minutes.

Sincerely,

Economy travelers

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best things we’ve done during family dinners is read a short devotional while everyone starts the meal. It helps calm wiggly kids and full mouths are quiet ones.

This one by @annettewhipple.bsky.social is one of our favorites. Each night a different kid gets to choose the animal.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

EVERY TIME

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

Me at 7am: *puts sheets in the wash*
Me at 9pm: Oh no.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

Oooooh, yes.

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

I really need to. I’m saving it for the next time one of the kids knocks me out with a bug they bring home from school.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

Loved them both!

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

You totally can!

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

One of the highs of my life was surviving my kids’ toddler years and finally having time to study other things again and wondering what I might learn about and then realizing that there are birds EVERYWHERE.

Highly recommend adult-onset birding.