this past week was a really wild one. i know i say that a lot, but sometimes there are weeks that stick out above others as truly over-the-top. this week wasn’t nearly as brutal emotionally as some have been, it just happened to be jam packed with the weirdest combination of starts and finishes and […]
Read Morewhy we need mothers & fathers, brothers & sisters, daughters & sons
i have been wanting to write this post for a while. it has been especially impressed on my heart in the past few months and i thought in honor of the-day-after-mother’s day i’d actually write it. i think that the purpose of community–“the church”–is to have a place, whatever that looks like, to learn to […]
Read Moreresting in the trough
yesterday was the national day of prayer. i got invited to go to an event that a group of cool women i know were hosting to bless and pray for women who serve other women in denver. it was just one of those odd moments where i knew i needed to go. i rsvp’d and […]
Read More"we are one" & more ramblings about justice
well we’re back from our crazy rome trip. we were only there a little over 24 hours because that is what jose’s layover was (for those of you who don’t know he is a pilot for united airlines to pay our bills & a new lawyer for a legal aid clinic here in denver because […]
Read Morei see Jesus alive in you. and you. and you…
happy easter. it was a lovely eve at the refuge last night, so simple, so sweet, so fun. kids & grownups, love & laughter, sadness & hope all mixed together. plus, one advantage of having a saturday evening gathering is that we get the resurrection one day early! i love easter & the signs of […]
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well here we are, holy week. on wednesday at the refuge we are having our 2nd annual seder dinner together & friday is a simple good friday gathering. saturday eve at the refuge will be easter refuge-style with an egg hunt afterward for all the kiddos. i really do love our beautiful little community. just […]
Read Morered and yellow black and white, we are precious in his sight
i have really appreciated the comments and emails from last week’s post. it seemed like the quote that touched the most was “are you a Jesus fan or a Jesus follower?” with palm sunday a few days away, it definitely seems to be an appropriate question. how quickly things turned from people chanting “hosanna, blessed […]
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i am journeying through christine sine’s lenten guide on the road toward easter. it has some really beautiful stuff in it! week one was a journey into brokenness & i wrote on the difference between “i suck” and a truly humble heart. week two was a journey into hunger. this week is a journey into […]
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“man does not live by bread alone.” luke 4:4 another week has flown by. it seems for some reason that the past few weeks have flashed by; if i slow them down a bit and think about all of the ins and outs of people and relationships and crises and traumas and dramas, i just […]
Read Morethe difference between "i suck" and a truly humble heart
it’s been quite a month for me; i finished my initial training to be a very part-time university of phoenix online instructor (it was kind of intense and very good!). jose and i squeezed in a last-minute-crazy-free trip to mexico and the next weekend i went to portland for convergence and got to hang out […]
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