yeah, i know hate’s a strong & negative word. i don’t like my kids to say the word “hate” and i am always giving them alternatives: “don’t like”, “don’t agree with,” “not into” are all fine. but when it comes to shame, honestly, the only word that i can think of that’s appropriate is hate. i hate shame. […]
Read Moreidentity prayer
ah, today a short & sweet blog post, yeah! are you relieved? since i only post a few times a week i am well aware i always squeeze in more than average in a single post! sorry, it’s a metaphor for my life…. for the past 6 weeks or so at our sunday evening […]
Read Morehmmm, maybe i'm a re-evangelist?
i never was much of an evangelist. i have re-dedicated my life to Christ more times than i can count, but 1990 is when my walk with God got more intense and i think i actually stopped raising my hand when they did the altar call. i more clearly and offically became an evangelical christian and learned […]
Read Morelars & the real girl
i love movies. my perfect day would be to see a really good movie every day of the week (along with some popcorn & a diet coke!). i try to squeeze one in whenever i can, and this past week i watched my new recent fave that wasn’t a documentary: lars & the real girl. […]
Read Moreit stinks down here, but i really love the smell…
i like to participate in glenn hager’s monthly synchroblog (check out the other links here) just for fun because it forces me to think about some specific topics and i get to read about what some others are saying, too. this month was just a few simple questions… how are you doing? what are you […]
Read Moreno more lepers
“if you judge people you have no time to love them” – mother teresa “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” – Jesus one of my favorite passages of scripture is in john 8, where Jesus protects a woman from the justice-seeking crowd by radically turning the tables on them, calling them […]
Read More"auntie kathy, are you sure it's not wrong for you to be a pastor?"
well here’s a sincere email i received last week from my 14 year old niece. i got permission from her to share it on this blog so don’t feel like i’m violating some private conversation. i thought it was too important, telling, to just keep between her and i and if it helps challenge us a little, well, […]
Read Moreunbind her
i spent the past couple of days in downtown denver at a women’s event that some dear women i know put together called woman come forth. i run in weird diverse circles. i have my wild and crazy emerging friends, my conservative evangelical friends, my don’t-go-to-church-and-don’t-plan-to-anymore friends, my recovery friends, my eclecic refuge friends, my i-have-had-bad-experiences-with-christians-but-i-kind-of-like-you friends, […]
Read Morefacing crazy, paralyzing fears: a fun story
i had a really fun adventure yesterday. i got to fly to san diego for the day with one of my dear friends, the lovely & brave sharla jackson. it wasn’t just an ordinary trip. it was actually 10 years–yes, 10 years–in the making. you see, sharla has been terrified of flying (i have known […]
Read Moredo it anyway
i took a week off blogging, just had nothing to really muster up and so it felt kind of good not to even think about it. i am not too inspired this week, either, but i did come across a really good song yesterday at my favorite monthly gathering with my dear friends, brave-courageous-in-the-trenches-women, that i thought […]
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