Oh, July 4th! It used to be a holiday that I didn’t think much about. While over the years I began to question it’s meaning, I’ll admit, the past 4+ years was I when I seriously began wrestling with wanting to skip it. Donald Trump elected as President shifted something in my soul that I […]
Read Moreour codependent relationship with God
Since I entered into recovery a big chunk of years ago, I came face to face with the realities of my co-dependency. As an adult child of an alcoholic, a 2 on the Enneagram, a pastor, and dyed-in-the-wool people pleaser, I pretty much hit codependency on all cylinders! The truth is most of us are codependent […]
Read Moreinsecure christians & piles of other posts
hey friends, today i have a guest post up at my friend rachel held evan’s rockin’ blog. it’s called insecure christians so go check it out! you can comment there or here, if you want. i’d love to hear your thoughts as this is a subject near and dear to my heart, and i believe […]
Read Morea busy bee
ah, life at the escobar house is always an adventure. it’s been a good season for all kinds of refuge community fun, we’re on our last week of summer before the kids go back to school & our wonderful friends from portland–ken loyd & jessica roye from home-pdx in portland just left. they are seriously […]
Read Morewaking up
i have come to see that america is in danger of losing her soul, something must happen to awaken the dozing soul of america before it is too late. – martin luther king jr. what a week it’s been. a historic election that none of us will ever forget. a sense of hope & purpose […]
Read Moreme + movies = happy
i have said before, i really, really love the movies! it’s a way i connect with God & life and is my most favorite escape. well, this summer i set a little goal to watch as many movies as i possibly could for the next few months and to not feel guilty about it. this will be a […]
Read Morefaith & politics: my journey
imagine that? for years, honestly, i acted like i was 100% sure that God was a republican (a great quote i was reminded of this week by anne lamott: “we can be pretty certain we’ve created God in our own image if he hates all the same people we do.” thanks, jonathan) oh, how that was me! […]
Read Morea little re-post here, a little link there
instead of re-creating the wheel, i thought i’d just pass on a few other posts from the refuge and the collage workshop i went to this past weekend. the refuge post is about some of the marks of authentic community & some of the things we are passionate about. you can check it out here. jenny […]
Read Morequirks r fun
okay so maybe i really am in blog-land now, i always used to see these things when i was reading other people’s blogs: people would get tagged by someone else to respond to some specific questions and then tag someone else. i always felt left out (typical me, i hate to not be in on […]
Read More2007 was cool…
in the spirit of wrapping up the year, there would be too many highlights to mention. it was a good year for me. i am still healing from my mega-church crazy exit at the beginning of ’06 but i think i am really truly done with the big grieving. this year, the tears dried […]
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