I haven’t had much time to write this past month. Ideas come floating by here and there, but in the hubub of the holiday, they magically disappear and I honestly can’t remember what any of them are anymore. I always take that as a sign that I somehow wasn’t supposed to write them. One has […]
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 Morelast view from the margins: brown in a white world
well, my friends, we have come to the end of february & this 8 post series on a view from the margins. i have really enjoyed everyone’s perspectives and all of the comments & emails in response. it’s time to take a little break and shift gears (i am going to be writing about some […]
Read Morea view from the margins: the aftermath of emotional & physical abuse
i know the coolest women. seriously. strong, brave, courageous women who are rebuilding their lives after the ravages of emotional and physical abuse threatened to ruin them. i am crazily passionate about the subject of domestic violence because it is so prevalent, so underestimated, so misunderstood. one of the reasons i am so intense about […]
Read Morea view from the margins: gay + "the church" = a lot of damage
well i don’t think it would be possible to focus on a view from the margins without offering some perspectives from a group of folks who tend to be the most marginalized of all when it comes to “the church”-the gay & lesbian community. i recognize that people who read this blog may be all […]
Read Morea view from the margins: divorced & on the outs
if you’re just joining the conversation here, i am in the middle of posting a series of interviews with people i know both in and outside of the refuge who for all kinds of reasons live “on the margins.” sometimes it’s the margins of society, other times it’s the margins of “the church.” sometimes it’s […]
Read Morea view from the margins: marginalized kids
marginalizing people is not limited to age. kids get marginalized all the time, too. the ones cast aside, avoided, ignored the most are probably the kids with special needs. many people are afraid of them. sometimes grownups don’t know what to do so they end up doing nothing. the result: we unknowingly marginalize kids and […]
Read Morea view from the margins: single dads eeking by
i am loving sharing these stories from my friends! every time i re-read them, i am blown away by their beauty and depth. janice’s view of “God’s ghetto” and kate’s perspective on mental illness have gotten us off to a great start. i thought we’d enter into another dimension from the margins, ones that tends […]
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