“freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.“ – martin luther king, jr. most of you know i’m a nut case for equality. you hear me talking a lot about gender equality but that’s just because it’s a critical starting place. when half of the population of the […]
Read Morewell-behaved women won't change the church
* most all of you have already read this post. it was part of ed cyzewski’s women in ministry series and got a lot of love. there are some really great comments over there. i had so much fun writing it and had no idea it would strike such a chord. it’s so encouraging! i […]
Read Morea little laughter every day.
* this month’s synchroblog is called lighten up: the art of laughter, joy, and letting go. the links to other bloggers writing on the same topics are below. as always i am late to the party, been writing my brains out and traveling so my contribution is short and sweet. laughter is the […]
Read Morereframing crazy when it comes to church
how many times have you all heard me talk about our “crazy” little church, the refuge? and about how people i know who are doing all kinds of wild & beautiful missional things for the kingdom are a “little crazy but not alone”? or how “crazy” my life in the trenches is? i use […]
Read Morerebuilding is possible: a little hope for deconstruction
when i originally had this idea for a rebuilding after deconstructing series, i didn’t know exactly what it would be like. i just knew i wanted to write what was on my heart and see what happened. i have so appreciated all of the comments & honesty & the lovely new people i have met […]
Read Morei used to….but now i….
i loved all those responses to yesterday’s soul care & spiritual practices during deconstruction! so many healing practices; thank you for sharing and feel free to still add yours. the other day when i was driving in my car thinking about this series, an old post that i wrote 3 years ago came to mind. it’s […]
Read Moresoul care & spiritual practices for deconstruction
in the last post we made a few lists related to what helped & what didn’t from others during deconstruction. such good stuff, such hard stuff. thank you for sharing so honestly. i am going to try to pull something together from it so feel free to add yours if you haven’t already. as the […]
Read Morehelpful & oh-so-not-helpful things people do and say along the way.
i have a a theory about people and pain. when we see others in it, we don’t quite know what to do. the anxiety and discomfort of what other people are going through causes us to do and say a lot of really stupid things. almost every hurting person i know has a least a […]
Read Morelast post for rebuilding after deconstructing: 8. trusting the path
well thank you, my friends, for taking this crazy journey for the past 2 weeks. i am looking forward to getting back to the normal rhythm around here next week, 1 maybe 2 posts a week. whoa, i can’t imagine blogging this much every week! but my hope for this series was always that we […]
Read Morerebuilding after deconstructing: 7. exploring possibilities
this is the second-to-last installment of 7 major movements in rebuilding after deconstructing. tomorrow will be a wrap post, which is really the 8th–“trusting the path.” then early next week i want to brainstorm a few helpful lists together (it will be fun, i promise!). the other posts from the past 2 weeks are listed […]
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