“blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – matthew 5:10 well, it takes me a while sometimes to finish what i started, but i always finish! this is the last in the series on the beatitudes. you can check out the other links below. i often […]
Read Morea time to…
this past weekend i facilitated a reflection exercise for my ex-good-christian-women’s group & i thought it’d share it here just in case any of you want to give it a try. it was our semester wrap & i wanted to do something that gave us some room to reflect & consider this season in our […]
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 Moreletting God off the hook
this month’s synchroblog is a fun one–it’s called “life unfurling” and is centered on the things that we’ve let go of in our faith along the way and ended up finding freedom. i have a bunch of them, but this is the one that came to mind this month. you can check out the other […]
Read Morebanned questions about the Bible
i love the Bible. it is a beautiful, powerful, transforming book. it also can be a very confusing one. sometimes people will say “it’s not confusing at all to me, it’s crystal clear” and even though i’m quick to judge their certainty, when i look back on my faith journey, i used to land there, […]
Read Moreour drinking-vodka-out-of-frozen-turkeys
i hope everyone had a really great holy week. it was a wild one around here & i loved it in all kinds of ways. we did a beautiful & simple good friday gathering & then a fun & so-refuge easter celebration on saturday night. easter is my favorite season; to me there is so […]
Read Morethe cross re-dux
*i wrote this post last easter. really, i think i’d probably just write the same one again. it’s been a wild week here, friends hurting & hospitalized & all kinds of other nuttiness that keeps bringing me back to reality. to the here and now. to the preciousness of life. for my desperate need for […]
Read Moreblessed are the peacemakers
“blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” matthew 5:9 i know i’ve been all over the place the last few weeks & i like to do that here, not feeling pressure to color in the lines but just go with what’s right in front of me. at the same time, […]
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 […]
Read Moreblessed are the pure in heart…
“blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” – matthew 5:8 i am back, longing for the beach as always but glad to be home, too. we had an amazing time on our vacation, just the 7 of us. my back held up pretty well considering, but do i ever miss the […]
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