it’s always so darn serious around here at the carnival. i don’t mean to be intense all the time, and i swear if you know me in real life i’m actually fun, hahah! honestly, though, sometimes it’s nice to just chill a bit and not solve all of the problems of the church in one […]
Read Moremixing it up: say yes.
i’m kind of melancholy & raw these days, in a good way. re-thinking a lot, waiting, listening, trying to notice some things God is probably saying that i keep trying to juke & jive my way out of, fairly unsuccessfully. anyway, i thought i’d mix it up a bit and share this andrea gibson […]
Read Moreah, beauty here and there and everywhere
well i am definitely in a bit of a blog lull. it sounds like it’s contagious. i definitely have a few things swirling around in my little head but no time or energy to put them down so just waiting until they find their way out somehow. my back is definitely getting better; i am […]
Read Morerewind, pause
well it’s been exactly 1 year and 2 days since the carnival blog started! i remember that christmas vacation 2007 i got totally sucked into wordpress & facebook and yes, that addiction lasted throughout 2008. it has been a great year, i have been able to say so many things on my heart about church […]
Read Moregoodly parenting (yep, that's two o's)
my friend brian at the cheek of God is doing a guest posting series on parenting. he’s been a faithful carnival commenter & i am so thankful to have crossed paths out here in blogland. love his writing, love his heart. i thought since our readerships are really different i’d cross-post it here. the question […]
Read More"whatever you do, don't work for a church" & other lingering notable quotables
i was walking in the airport the other day lost in some weird travel trance when i remembered a random thing someone said to me years ago that i’ll never forget. no idea why it drifted across my mind, but the words of a placement counselor when i was at denver seminary in 2001 flashed […]
Read Moreblog-tag-fun
well i haven’t participated in one of these blog-tag-games in a while, but i got tagged by brother maynard so i couldn’t say no, hahaha. plus it was a good one to make me think about the carnival blog and why it’s been a fun & challenging thing for me in all kinds of ways. […]
Read Moreblessed are the…
in the spirit of upside-downness & inside outness & the beatitudes & how much i love them, i thought i’d share the closing liturgy that my friend christa & i wrote together for our current sunday evening conversations focused on the sermon on the mount. may Jesus’ words sink deeply into our hearts, our hands, […]
Read Moreit's a wrap!
consistent with my life-long patterns related to diet & exercise, i often start out strong on new goals, roaring out the chute at full speed. then not too long in my commitment level wanes, and before i know it i’m eating krispy kremes & can’t even find my gym punch card. so it makes perfect […]
Read Moreme + more movies = happier (but maybe a little crazy?)
well, some of you already know i am on a summer movie marathon. it is all a little wacky and so out of character because i am seriously a person who does not have extra time to be watching movies! if i hadn’t said i’d do it, i probably would have only watched 2 movies by now. plus, we […]
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