* a few months ago chris chappotin asked a question to a few of us on twitter–”what’s missing from the missional conversation?” i’m not the best twitter-er, but i responded with the first thing that came to my mind: more real stories. he asked if i’d write a post about it for a missing in missional […]
Read Moremissional pastoring head rattles
* i love my friend phil shepherd, aka, the whiskey preacher. he and his wife stephanie know the cost and beauty of nutty-in-the-trenches-with-people church planting. whenever we are together it feels like a gift; i always leave feeling a little less crazy, a little less alone. a few months ago he asked me to […]
Read Moreanger is not a sin
* remember this week i’m just archiving guest posts from other places over the past few months. you might have read them before. this one is from the amazing rachel held evans’ series on faith & parenting. i just realized that i somehow never responded to any of the comments over there (in my mind […]
Read Morebe yourself, everyone else is taken.
* some of you have already read this post; it was a guest post for lisa colon delay’s blog series on spiritual guidance for bloggers in april. i wanted to post it here in its entirety for my archives. i know a lot of you might not blog, but i think we can easily replace “blogging” […]
Read Morewell-behaved women won't change the church
* most all of you have already read this post. it was part of ed cyzewski’s women in ministry series and got a lot of love. there are some really great comments over there. i had so much fun writing it and had no idea it would strike such a chord. it’s so encouraging! i […]
Read Morejustice: what love looks like in public
i am leaving today for el salvador for spring break with my family. no cell phones, no internet, no tv. just us. oh yeah, we need it. for this week, i thought i’d just share a post i wrote for christine sine’s lent series (the theme was called–easter is coming, what do we hunger and […]
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