top 10 posts

these are the top 10 most-read posts i’ve written since i started this blog.

these include some of my favorites, too. a few are surprises, posts have never thought they’d be in the top 10.

1. a nifty chart for the journey: stages in the life of faith – these ideas, gleaned from one of my favorite spirituality books–the critical journey–gives language to what so many of us have experienced or are experiencing in our faith journey.

2. it’s easy to be against health care reform when you have insurance – oh that stirred up all kinds of conversation.

3. why i believe in co-pastoring – this is an old post, from the very beginning of this blog & i’d update it now after doing this for over 5 years, but i’m still as passionate about it as ever.

4. “the kingdom of God isn’t going to just drop out of the sky” - from a conference i went to with some friends, the speaker gave language to so much of what i believe.

5. Jesus school: not the most inspiring in town – i say all the time, i am in “Jesus school” as part of the refuge community, learning more than i bargained for

6. art is healing - oh this was a fun exercise

7. igniting the ember: emerging women finding their voice - written a few months after i started this blog, i am still so passionate about continuing to cultivate equality in the church so we can become more whole.

8. wrestling with the word “christian”–a video conversation – like so many others i know, my friend doesn’t want to be identified as “christian” but is dedicated to living out Jesus’ ways.

9. make advocates not buildings – a rant that sums up so much of what i feel about the church’s real mission.

10. “auntie kathy, are you sure it’s not wrong for you to be a pastor?” - a sincere question from my niece about women in leadership.

these didn’t make the top 10, but i’d put them up there with my favorites & captures some of the essence of what i’m most passionate about:

the difference between “building churches” and “cultivating communities” - this is still one of my favorite posts about church cultivation. i hope more communities are cultivated, less churches built in the years to come.
why we need mothers & fathers & sisters & brothers & daughters & sons – one of my favorite posts about men and women living together in community together, healing and restoring the image of God in each other.
dignity restorers – when i read it, it gets me all riled up about what i really believe.
Jesus & “excellence” - oh we’ve just messed up the whole system with the focus on excellence instead of centering on the messy and not-so-excellent practice of love.
rethinking the word “pastor” – i think this word needs new meaning & has a lot of distortions with it.