love. mercy. justice.
past series
these are series of posts on particular themes
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some of my little (well, big) dreams for the church called “what could be” (late 2008):
- what could be
- God expanded
- pain welcomed
- doubt honored
- power diffused
- equality practiced
- love, mercy & compassion extended
- justice pursued
- creativity expressed
a view from the margins – a series of interviews with friends on the margins of life & faith (early 2009):
- God’s ghetto
- respecting mental illness
- single dads eeking by
- marginalized kids
- divorced and on the outs
- gay + the church = a lot of damage
- the aftermath of physical & emotional abuse
- brown in a white world
out of the darkness – a series of interviews with friends breaking free from shame in all kinds of different ways:
- self-injury
- brave thoughts from a former abuser
- hope & healing from sexual addiction
- the lingering damage of sexual abuse
- eating disorders
- the A word – abortion
- the untold story of abused men
- never underestimate the damage of spiritual abuse
- women struggle with sexual addictions, too
- singleness & the church
doubt & faith (fall 2009):
- doubt & faith: the wild beautiful ride
- doubt & faith: owning our egocentric tendencies
- doubt & faith: new ways for old words
- doubt & faith – God, you out there?
- doubt & faith - living in the tension
video conversations:
- wrestling with the word “christian”
- taking things off the table to get to what’s underneath
- going back because there’s nowhere else to go
- church refugees – part 1
- church refugees – part 2, life outside the bubble
- church refugees – part 3, spiritual practices
signs of hope – interviews with people finding hope in the midst of pain (easter 2010):
- the bumpy road of sobriety
- emerging from the darkness of sexual abuse
- staying in instead of running away
- grief is weird
the beatitudes (2011):
- blessed are the spiritually poor
- blessed are those who mourn
- blessed are the meek
- blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
- blessed are the merciful
- blessed are the pure in heart
- blessed are the peacemakers
- blessed are those who are persecuted
co-pastoring & shared leadership:
- why i believe in co-pastoring
- co-pastoring: a video conversation, part 1
- co-pastoring: a video conversation, part 2
- copastoring: this is what it looks like here, part 3
- out of the mouths of co-pastors, part 1 (interviews with other copastors)
- out of the mouths of co-pastors, part 2
cross-gender friendships
- cross-gender friendships
- over, under, beside
- friendship, freedom and a lot less fear
- let’s be friends. wait, we don’t know how to!
- practicing friendship
- alongside
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