there’s no doubt, i could talk church & theology all day long; i think a huge part of the blog-o-sphere conversations are related to those two broad and never-ending topics. and while i always appreciate the different perspectives, the one thing that i sometimes think is missing from the conversation are stories. real life stories, […]
Read Morecreating containers for beauty, justice, community & healing
this past week was a really wild one. i know i say that a lot, but sometimes there are weeks that stick out above others as truly over-the-top. this week wasn’t nearly as brutal emotionally as some have been, it just happened to be jam packed with the weirdest combination of starts and finishes and […]
Read Morewhy we need mothers & fathers, brothers & sisters, daughters & sons
i have been wanting to write this post for a while. it has been especially impressed on my heart in the past few months and i thought in honor of the-day-after-mother’s day i’d actually write it. i think that the purpose of community–“the church”–is to have a place, whatever that looks like, to learn to […]
Read Moreresting in the trough
yesterday was the national day of prayer. i got invited to go to an event that a group of cool women i know were hosting to bless and pray for women who serve other women in denver. it was just one of those odd moments where i knew i needed to go. i rsvp’d and […]
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well here we are, holy week. on wednesday at the refuge we are having our 2nd annual seder dinner together & friday is a simple good friday gathering. saturday eve at the refuge will be easter refuge-style with an egg hunt afterward for all the kiddos. i really do love our beautiful little community. just […]
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: 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: respecting mental illness
to respect something is to “show regard or consideration for.” giving our respect to things we hate is a very tricky thing to do. we don’t mind respecting and honoring things and people we appreciate, but when it’s something that makes us mad, well that’s a different story. there is such a wide spectrum when […]
Read Morea view from the margins: God's ghetto
when some of us have been harmed by life, by others, it can become so easy to feel like damaged goods, like somehow we weren’t good enough to be protected by God. like maybe his favor is on others, but not us. a theology that supports a God who orchestrates bad things that happen to […]
Read Morelast what could be: freedom celebrated
this is the last post on this 9 part series of some of my little dreams for what could be for “the church.” i have had fun writing them and i thank you all for commenting & participating in the conversation either here or via emails & facebook. i so realize that each of these […]
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