this post is part of the july synchroblog – a bunch of bloggers writing on the same topic. this month is centered on the wild goose festival, a justice-arts-spirituality festival held the last week of june in north carolina. some of us weren’t able to make it to the festival (i would have loved to […]
Read Morewhen crazy is actually sane & sane is actually crazy
one of my favorite gospel stories is the woman who busts into simon the pharisee’s house in luke 7 and falls at Jesus’ feet, wiping his feet with her tears. in that moment, he was hanging out with the put-together, religious elite talking about theology. they were supposedly the sane ones, and she was the […]
Read Morethe beauty of an advocate
a lot of you know that my husband, jose, went to law school about 6 years ago to become a pro-bono lawyer on behalf of women. it’s a really fun story that started when he began volunteering at a domestic violence shelter helping women move out of scary situations. we are grateful that he has […]
Read Moredaddy love
every sunday night we go over to my mom’s for dinner. it all started a few years ago when the refuge used to meet on sunday nights; when she’d come i’d give her $20 to take the kids to mcdonald’s on the way home for me. she hates fast food and after a few weeks […]
Read Moreascent vs. descent
last wednesday at our house of refuge we kicked off our summer journeying through down we go: living into the wild ways of Jesus. at first i wasn’t really excited about the reality that it won the vote (the group decided together what to do for the summer), but after the idea settled in i […]
Read Morewhile the world is crying out for hope, we're talking about theology
this past weekend i was on the refuge camping trip at jackson lake. it is was our 6th annual & is a cornerstone tradition in our community. one of my favorite parts of the weekend is baptism. each aspect of it is just so beautiful—witnessed in community, a clear marker on an often very unclear […]
Read Morethe practice of the better
“the best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better” – richard rohr * * * * * i had an interesting conversation with a friend this past week who didn’t really know my story of the past 7+ years of the ups of working on a big church staff to the downs […]
Read Moreloving God by loving people
early in the life of this blog in 2008 i participated in a synchroblog where i wrote a post called making the invisible visible. this past year my friend jonathan brink from civitas press began working on a collaborative book project for called the practice of love, which just released may 1st. i hope you […]
Read Morelittle miracles
“the hope of the afflicted shall never perish” – psalm 9:18 **i wrote this post before my last one, thinking the synchroblog was last week, so it’s kind of sweet to revisit it in light of last week’s wackiness. thank you for your love & encouragement & support & resolve to keep advocating for and […]
Read Moredescent.
“…the society in which we live suggests in countless ways that the way to go is up. making it to the top, entering the limelight, breaking the record – that’s what draws attention, gets us on the front page of the newspaper, and offers us the rewards of money and fame. the way of Jesus […]
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