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: gay + "the church" = a lot of damage
well i don’t think it would be possible to focus on a view from the margins without offering some perspectives from a group of folks who tend to be the most marginalized of all when it comes to “the church”-the gay & lesbian community. i recognize that people who read this blog may be all […]
Read Morea view from the margins: marginalized kids
marginalizing people is not limited to age. kids get marginalized all the time, too. the ones cast aside, avoided, ignored the most are probably the kids with special needs. many people are afraid of them. sometimes grownups don’t know what to do so they end up doing nothing. the result: we unknowingly marginalize kids and […]
Read Morea view from the margins: single dads eeking by
i am loving sharing these stories from my friends! every time i re-read them, i am blown away by their beauty and depth. janice’s view of “God’s ghetto” and kate’s perspective on mental illness have gotten us off to a great start. i thought we’d enter into another dimension from the margins, ones that tends […]
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 […]
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