well when all else fails, and you’re in a bad mood, you’re mad at life & church & people, you feel poor & tired & confused, well take a break & sip some good medicine. listen to some michael franti. it’s sure to make you smile: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlHzRir7K3g] and when you’re all done with that, read […]
Read Morewhy would i call a woman out of one oppressive relationship and into another?
i have been thinking a lot about the plight of the abused woman over the course of these past few months. i know so many women—in all shapes, sizes, religious experiences, socioeconomics, education, you-name-it—who have suffered abuse. not all of it is sexual or physical, although sadly there’s far too much of that going around. […]
Read Moreout of the darkness: eating disorders
i remember about 4 1/2 years ago when a leader of the food issues group at a celebrate recovery group i was co-leading highlighted how little people understood about eating disorders. you see, after every one of our meetings we had something called “solid rock café” where there would be all kinds of food and […]
Read Moreout of the darkness: the lingering damage of sexual abuse
so far we’ve heard 3 out of the darkness stories – self-injury, brave thoughts from a former abuser, and hope and healing from sexual addiction. i am thankful for my courageous friends who are willing to share their stories here on the carnival for the benefit of others. one of the worst things about pain […]
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well we are back from lake powell camping adventure. and an adventure it was! we are calling it “survivor 2009: lake powell” the camping trip from hell. the best part was we were with our heavenly friends, the nunezes, who are rally-ers, too, and have a magical way of making everything somehow feel okay. (their […]
Read Morehope's two beautiful daughters
“hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are anger and courage. anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” – st. augustine the minute i read this, i knew it would be one i’d remember for a long time. i love the […]
Read Morethe chapters in our stories
it’s always so darn serious around here at the carnival. i don’t mean to be intense all the time, and i swear if you know me in real life i’m actually fun, hahah! honestly, though, sometimes it’s nice to just chill a bit and not solve all of the problems of the church in one […]
Read Moreleadership lessons when you want to run for the hills
hey, did i scare everyone off with that last post? i hope not! one of the things you non-bloggers need to know is there’s nothing worse than putting something a little risky out there and not getting very many comments! and one of the things all you bloggers know is that part of this journey […]
Read Moreout of the darkness: hope & healing from sexual addiction
thanks all for your comments & emails from the last couple of “out of the darkness” posts. it is always so beautiful to me to have people connect with other’s stories both personally and spirituallly. and while we may not have had the same experience exactly, the part that we can probably most connect to […]
Read Morethe furious longing of God
about 14 or so years ago i read abbas child by brennan manning for the first time. if you see my copy, you will notice that practically the entire book is underlined! when i cracked the book for the first time it touched a place in my heart that needed touching about God’s unconditional love […]
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