i love the Bible. it is a beautiful, powerful, transforming book. it also can be a very confusing one. sometimes people will say “it’s not confusing at all to me, it’s crystal clear” and even though i’m quick to judge their certainty, when i look back on my faith journey, i used to land there, […]
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i hope everyone had a really great holy week. it was a wild one around here & i loved it in all kinds of ways. we did a beautiful & simple good friday gathering & then a fun & so-refuge easter celebration on saturday night. easter is my favorite season; to me there is so […]
Read Morethe cross re-dux
*i wrote this post last easter. really, i think i’d probably just write the same one again. it’s been a wild week here, friends hurting & hospitalized & all kinds of other nuttiness that keeps bringing me back to reality. to the here and now. to the preciousness of life. for my desperate need for […]
Read More5 years. 5 years? 5 years!
this past weekend the refuge celebrated our 5 year birthday. it’s really hard to believe that over 5 years have really passed. when we first started, as so many of you know, we were beaten & bloody, armed only with some dreams for “what could be” and coming out of a rough experience from serving […]
Read Moreblessed are the peacemakers
“blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” matthew 5:9 i know i’ve been all over the place the last few weeks & i like to do that here, not feeling pressure to color in the lines but just go with what’s right in front of me. at the same time, […]
Read Morelittle miracles
“the hope of the afflicted shall never perish” – psalm 9:18 **i wrote this post before my last one, thinking the synchroblog was last week, so it’s kind of sweet to revisit it in light of last week’s wackiness. thank you for your love & encouragement & support & resolve to keep advocating for and […]
Read Morewhy sometimes i get sad
last month a mainline pastor from a small town outside of denver got in touch with me to see if i would be willing to come speak to their high school’s baccalaureate service in may. they were looking for a female pastor, someone who would inspire the kids & open up some doors that hadn’t […]
Read Morepoverty.
i just started reading an interesting book by ruby payne called a framework for understanding poverty. i had never read it before, although i’ve heard many good things about it from some different friends who work with friends in hard places. it is very interesting. i was thinking, too, that some material that really needs […]
Read Moredescent.
“…the society in which we live suggests in countless ways that the way to go is up. making it to the top, entering the limelight, breaking the record – that’s what draws attention, gets us on the front page of the newspaper, and offers us the rewards of money and fame. the way of Jesus […]
Read Moreblessed are the pure in heart…
“blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” – matthew 5:8 i am back, longing for the beach as always but glad to be home, too. we had an amazing time on our vacation, just the 7 of us. my back held up pretty well considering, but do i ever miss the […]
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