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: creativity expressed
i hope everyone had a good christmas & felt the love of God and family and friends in the midst! the part i love the most about christmas is the beautiful & necessary reminder that Jesus came into the world as a baby, fully human, in-the-flesh, born in a stinky barn to change the history […]
Read Morewhat could be: justice pursued
“justice is what love looks like in public” – from call+response (a must-see movie about modern day human slavery) this is a picture of me in the third grade, 1976. yeah, i know you love the princess leia buns, but check out what’s around my neck. coolest crocheted peace sign choker, ever! my dad was […]
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.” […]
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i’m taking a brief departure from this current series what could be to participate in the december synchroblog, a group of bloggers writing on the same topic. i always love participating and hearing from a variety of voices & perspectives. you can check out the links below. in the month’s topic is “light and dark […]
Read Morewhat could be: power diffused
i was thinking today how it is kind of weird that i am doing this series during advent and i know so many people are writing about great things related to the coming of Jesus and here i am talking about church, yet again. but the truth is that a big part of advent is […]
Read Morewhat could be: doubt honored
“there are two easy ways to slide through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. both ways save us from thinking.” – alfred korzybski this saturday eve at the refuge’s weekend gathering we began the 1st week of advent. we are using an advent guide produced by our friends from urban skye that focuses […]
Read Morewhat could be: pain welcomed
this is post 3 in a series called what could be, some dreams i have for “the church.” thanks, too, for all your feedback from the last one, what could be: God expanded. you can read my response in the comments section. and whether you’re a regular reader, silent lurker (i do it, too), frequent […]
Read Morewhat could be: God expanded
oh, what have i gotten myself into? that is the question i am asking myself these past few days. i secretly (well, i guess publicly now) wish that every person that reads each post would take the time to comment so i could get a better pulse on real reactions to it (or maybe not […]
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twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover. – mark twain once in a while i sort of hear […]
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