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 […]
Read Morewhat could be: love, mercy & compassion extended
“Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. yours are the eyes through which he is to look out, Christ’s compassion to the world. yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. yours the hands with which he is to bless now.” […]
Read Morethe good news in hard places
[Jesus] went to nazareth…and on the sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. and he stood up to read. the scroll of the prophet isaiah was handed to him. unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: “the Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed […]
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 Morekids & faith: what are we creating?
my kids went back to school last week. all five of them, out the door by 7:30 am. ah, a little bit of quiet & freedom back in my day, although i always hate to say goodbye to summer & oh, yeah, i always forget my refuge life is far from quiet. my oldest is a junior this […]
Read Morethe crazy tension between "too much" and "not enough"
this past weekend i was in a conversation with some of my dear friends that i consider kindred spirits because we are all, in some shape or form, “ex-good-christian-women.” for all kinds of reasons, we no longer fit the mold we used to try so hard to conform to. these are courageous beautiful women who don’t just long for greater freedom but […]
Read Moresafe doesn't come cheap or easy
as you can tell by now, i use the word “safe” a lot (wondering if it’s in most every post i’ve ever written?!?). i don’t mean to over-use it, but it is clearly something that i think it is an integral part of community, and since true blue authentic incarnational relationships are the thing i’m most […]
Read Morewhy prepositions matter
my friends know a lot about incarnational relationships. in the trenches at milehigh ministries, they are passionate about all the same stuff i am. a few weeks ago they facilitated our sunday refuge gathering and shared about the spiritual discipline of incarnational relationships. the official word in the richard foster books would be “service and […]
Read More5.4.07 from xgcw…don't go back to sleep!
i used to always say “ignorance is bliss”…i don’t believe it’s true, but i do sometimes wish my eyes hadn’t ever opened to the truth and reality of my life and crazy patterns and true need for God. life was so much easier when i was in denial! of course it wasn’t easier…it stunk, but […]
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