if you’ve been reading here for a while you know i am extremely passionate about cross-gender friendships and men and women learning how to be with each other, side by side, as friends– leading, loving, learning, growing, giving, practicing, sharing, connecting as equals. we have terrible models for this, not only “in the church” but […]
Read Morethese things shouldn't be all that crazy…
sometimes i have fun conversations with other people who have crazy ideas about “church”, too. whenever i do, i always say “well, it’s great to know we’re not crazy. or maybe if we are, at least we’re not alone.” when i said it this past week i added–it’s really crazy that these ideas are often […]
Read Moremeat lovers beware! our taste buds have been contaminated
i originally wrote this post for the refuge blog in october 2007. when i was looking at a few old posts this week i stumbled across it and thought i’d repost it because most everyone here has never read it. it’s almost 3 years later and even though i am rarely around people who ask […]
Read Morechurch refugees part 1 – a video conversation
thanks everyone for the comments on my last little rant. it definitely stirred up a little trouble, and it’s so funny that it got linked to an ultra conservative site as an example of an unhappy leftist feminist. ha ha. anyway, i appreciate all of your thoughts & i don’t mind being one of the […]
Read Moredrinking the company kool-aid
over the past few years of blogging i have tried to learn which conversations to engage in, which ones to stay away from, which websites will make me angry and which ones will feed my soul & challenge me in my faith journey. on the whole, i try not to read a lot of […]
Read More"going back because there's no where else to go" – a video conversation
one of the things i love most about the carnival is the wide range of people who read here. some are living out their faith outside the walls of an institutional church, some are still in, some are deeply dedicated to changing the system while others have tried and decided that it was time to […]
Read Morethe power of being wanted
this monday march 8th is international women’s day. i’ve written a post in honor of it the past 2 years (you can read them here & here) & really wanted to write one this year, too. there’s something powerful about a bunch of people thinking, talking, sharing, listening, learning, about the same topic at the […]
Read MoreJesus & "excellence"
every so often i start to feel a little bad about some of the things that i write because i know it can be mis-perceived as a continual negativity toward typical church systems. i doubt myself and think “maybe it’s not as bad as i think? maybe i’m exaggerating?” but then i end up in […]
Read Morewhy i'm a postevangelical-missional-emerging-ancient future-social justice-progressive-conservative-12 stepping-bible enjoying-"christian"mutt
well that video conversation with my friend john sparked a lot of great thoughts & perspectives! thanks for your contributions i really look forward to more so stay tuned! meanwhile, for the sake of the conversation on labels, i thought i’d share some additional thoughts that have been floating around in my head for a […]
Read Morewaiting, hoping, expecting the wrong things
oh, advent started out hopeful for me. and then this past week i tanked. the trouble is that i actually tanked myself. i did the thing i should not do, should not do, should not do. i read too much online. i looked at too many other churches’ websites. i read about $40 million building […]
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