one of the things i have always tried to honor at the carnival (and facebook) is never exploiting my friends’ stories. it is hard sometimes because i want to share some of the wild & beautiful & hard & ugly & hopeful & hopeless moments that i experience each week with the people i intersect […]
Read Moreout of the darkness: singleness & the church
one of my hopes on the carnival blog has always been to help people feel a little less alone on their journey, whatever that looks like. i have met so many great people along the way and am so thankful for the time you take each week to read my l-o-n-g posts. as part of […]
Read Moreout of the darkness: women struggle with sexual addictions, too
last summer i had a series of interviews on the carnival called “out of the darkness.“ i have been meaning to get a few more of these interviews up for a while and am finally getting around to it. if you are new here, you may have missed some of the series of interviews i’ve […]
Read MoreGod interruptions
“the gospels are stories of interruption after interruption” – follow me to freedom, shane claiborne & john perkins * * * * * God interruptions. they’re annoying. they’re unnerving. they come at al the wrong times. they mess up all our plans. they usually stir up some kind of trouble in our heads and our […]
Read More"desperate", chronic pain & bad theology
“in this crazy world, there’s an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. but in the eyes of God, they’re never separated. where there is pain, there is healing. where there is mourning, there is dancing. where there is poverty, there is the kingdom…” henri nouwen * * * * * […]
Read Moreconnection, resiliency & identity
a little while ago a friend of mine was telling me what he was learning in the overseas adoption book he was reading. he and his wife are dear friends of ours, and they are adopting 2 boys from ethiopia. we are all so excited for their arrival into our extended family! he was sharing […]
Read Morespiritual midwives
if you’ve been reading here for a while you know that i have more kids than the average person–5 lovely little bunnies, ranging from my oldest who just left for college down to twins that are almost 11. when the twins were born, there were a few months that i had 5 kids under the […]
Read Moreparadox
“ a paradox is something that appears to be a contradiction, but from another perspective is not a contradiction at all. you and i are living paradoxes, and therefore must be prepared to see ourselves in all our reality. if you can hold and forgive the contradictions within yourself, you can normally do it everywhere […]
Read Moregender equality is so pretty
* this is a post i wrote a while back for christine sine’s summer blog series about the kingdom now & how people are seeing it up-close-and-personal. i thought i’d share it here, too. it’s short & sweet & when i re-read it today it reminded me of how thankful i am for my brothers […]
Read Morerecovery under the big tent
* this post is part of a week-long synchroblog hosted by big tent christianity, a collaborative event in raleigh september 9-13. so many fun conversations will be had there, i’m sure. i wish i could go, but it was just too much to pull off this fall. * * * * * it’s a dingy […]
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