well he did it! after 3 years of juggling law school at denver university, flying for united to pay the bills, 5 kiddos & a crazy busy pastor wife, jose graduated yesterday. yeah! next up: taking the bar exam on july 31st and then it’s really, really over. i have to say, he did it with […]
Read Moremaking the invisible visible
“i’ve decided. i’m going to the next level in God. i’m going to be empowered by an incredible, enthusiastic, visionary leader and take this city for Christ. i’m going to be a vibrant, passionate, charismatic believer who takes excellence seriously. i’m joining a vibrant, contemporary, growing church with a powerful message that impacts the world […]
Read Moretoday i thank God for my babies
mother’s day 2008 life out of nothing chosen, picked, destined to be part of me. part of us. God knew these would be mine, ours. to love, nurture, remind that life is beautiful, good hard fragile that they are exactly who they are supposed to be. strong. loved. meant to dream. and we will […]
Read Morebe the change you want to see
yeah, so many of you have probably heard this phrase before. ghandi said “you must be the change you want to see in the world.” i wanted to toss it out there in light of the multiple conversations about women in the church cropping up in all kinds of places (see below for a list […]
Read Morelars & the real girl
i love movies. my perfect day would be to see a really good movie every day of the week (along with some popcorn & a diet coke!). i try to squeeze one in whenever i can, and this past week i watched my new recent fave that wasn’t a documentary: lars & the real girl. […]
Read Moreit stinks down here, but i really love the smell…
i like to participate in glenn hager’s monthly synchroblog (check out the other links here) just for fun because it forces me to think about some specific topics and i get to read about what some others are saying, too. this month was just a few simple questions… how are you doing? what are you […]
Read Moreno more lepers
“if you judge people you have no time to love them” – mother teresa “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” – Jesus one of my favorite passages of scripture is in john 8, where Jesus protects a woman from the justice-seeking crowd by radically turning the tables on them, calling them […]
Read More"auntie kathy, are you sure it's not wrong for you to be a pastor?"
well here’s a sincere email i received last week from my 14 year old niece. i got permission from her to share it on this blog so don’t feel like i’m violating some private conversation. i thought it was too important, telling, to just keep between her and i and if it helps challenge us a little, well, […]
Read Morewhen subversive is a compliment
“subversive bloggers are unsatisfied with the status quo, whether in church, politics, economics or any other power-laden institution, and they are searching for (and blogging about) what is new (or a “return to”) – even though it may be labeled as sacrilege, dangerous, or subversive.” in the old culture i lived in, […]
Read Moreunbind her
i spent the past couple of days in downtown denver at a women’s event that some dear women i know put together called woman come forth. i run in weird diverse circles. i have my wild and crazy emerging friends, my conservative evangelical friends, my don’t-go-to-church-and-don’t-plan-to-anymore friends, my recovery friends, my eclecic refuge friends, my i-have-had-bad-experiences-with-christians-but-i-kind-of-like-you friends, […]
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