Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning | Rebecca Gummere | Substack

Scattered Thoughts from an Agnostic Ex-Pastor on the Occasions of Easter, Project Hail Mary, Artemis II, and "Copy, Moon Joy"

Note: A reminder that agnostic means “don’t know,” as in there are a whole lot of things I used to think I knew that I’m not so sure about anymore.

Apr 7 • Rebecca Gummere

I'm 73. And I Didn't Expect Aging to Break My Heart Like This.

Well, hey, I’ve been sick, sick, sick and am now down with Covid with a side of pneumonia (apparently I got in at the last minute on the Late-March…

Mar 28 • Rebecca Gummere

Dead Ringer: Chapter Fifteen

Catch up with a reread of Chapter Fourteen, or if you’re new here you can find chapter links and summaries here.

Jan 23, 2023 • Rebecca Gummere

That End-of-Summer Feeling

The summer between my sophomore and junior years in college, I spent on Fishers Island, New York, just off the coast of New London, Connecticut.

Aug 25, 2025 • Rebecca Gummere

George Ella Lyon, Kentucky writer and the state’s 2015-2016 Poet Laureate, was inspired by fellow writer Jo Carson’s Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet…

Oct 30, 2022 • Rebecca Gummere

Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning

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