“ a paradox is something that appears to be a contradiction, but from another perspective is not a contradiction at all. you and i are living paradoxes, and therefore must be prepared to see ourselves in all our reality. if you can hold and forgive the contradictions within yourself, you can normally do it everywhere [...]
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paradox
Posted in healing, spiritual formation, the refuge, tagged paradox on September 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
gender equality is so pretty
Posted in church stuff, dreams, equality, healing, leadership, the refuge, tagged christine sine, synchroblog on August 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
* this is a post i wrote a while back for christine sine’s summer blog series about the kingdom now & how people are seeing it up-close-and-personal. i thought i’d share it here, too. it’s short & sweet & when i re-read it today it reminded me of how thankful i am for my brothers [...]
recovery under the big tent
Posted in church stuff, dreams, healing, incarnational, spiritual formation, tagged 12 steps, big tent christianity on August 10, 2010 | 15 Comments »
* this post is part of a week-long synchroblog hosted by big tent christianity, a collaborative event in raleigh september 9-13. so many fun conversations will be had there, i’m sure. i wish i could go, but it was just too much to pull off this fall. * * * * * it’s a dingy [...]
codependence, independence, interdependence
Posted in church stuff, healing, incarnational, relationships, spiritual formation, the refuge, tagged codependence, community, interdependence on August 4, 2010 | 9 Comments »
the #1 word that i use at the refuge (other than nutty, messy, wild and beautiful) is relationship. to me, when Jesus summed up the law and said it’s about loving God, others, ourselves that he was basically saying “it’s about relationship, people.” it’s not about stuff or knowledge or words–it’s about love. i also [...]
loss.
Posted in church stuff, healing, spiritual formation, tagged grief on July 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“every time there are losses there are choices to make. you choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression, and resentment, or you choose to let these losses be passages to something new, something wider, something deeper…” – henri nouwen * * * * * i came across this nouwen passage [...]
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