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 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 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 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 […]
Read Morea view from the margins: single dads eeking by
i am loving sharing these stories from my friends! every time i re-read them, i am blown away by their beauty and depth. janice’s view of “God’s ghetto” and kate’s perspective on mental illness have gotten us off to a great start. i thought we’d enter into another dimension from the margins, ones that tends […]
Read Morea view from the margins: God's ghetto
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: 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: 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 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 […]
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