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July 2019

July 13, 2019

A Year of Coloring Outside the Lines

It's been a year since my first blog appeared on Patheos. My friend and former...

July 09, 2019

Rejection? You and Me, We Got This

A couple of weeks ago, a friend commented that I must have a pretty tough...

July 02, 2019

Swimming in Prophetic Whirlwinds, Courtesy of Onleilove Alston

Author Tuesday, author Tuesday! Friends, have I got a TREAT for you today: Onleilove Alston was...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

10 Books to Hunker Down With This Summer

It's true: the most glorious season of all has arrived in all its light-filled, BBQ-everything...

June 25, 2019

Yo, Women: We Get to Rise Up! (Thanks, Katey Zeh)

Ohhhhhh, snaps. I'm so stoked about today's author AND today's book. Katey Zeh is rad...

June 21, 2019

When My Spinning Wheels Need a Break

In a week and a half, a vacation responder will chirp back a greeting to...

June 18, 2019

Urban Ministry Among the Poor? Finally, an Answer

When a couple of authors from the Voices Rising team contacted me to see if...

June 11, 2019

Finding God in the Throes of Young Parenthood (Bravo, Courtney Ellis!)

Friends, you met her a few months ago when she released Uncluttered - well, please extend...

June 04, 2019

To Delight & Wonder & Laugh With God! (Thanks Christine Sine)

I don't know about you, but sometimes I need an extra dose of levity and...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

How Does Conversation Transform the Church? Ask Chris Smith!

Summer's nearly here, which means that blessed season of summer reading is about to commence! As...

May 21, 2019

Oh, this God who SEES (Yes Indeed, Karen Gonzalez)

Oh friends, you are in for a treat today! Karen Gonzalez is a friend, a...

May 17, 2019

Alabama, Abortion, and the Hopeful Art of Listening

If you haven't been following the news this last week, Alabama's the talk of the...

May 14, 2019

We Can Act to Fight Racism (Reminds Andi Cumbo-Floyd)

Author Tuesday returns! Today I've got a favorite human, writer and friend named Andi Cumbo-Floyd...

May 10, 2019

The Beauty of this Choir (Thanks Again, RHE)

I noticed something interesting when I was glanced over at the stack of books next...

May 06, 2019

How Rachel Held Evans Taught Me to Color Outside the Lines

I'll be the first to tell you that I didn't know Rachel Held Evans personally....

May 03, 2019

Do the Hustle, Do the Hustle. Not.

If there's one thing my newly minted forty-year old self has taught me it's that...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Doing the Next Right Thing (Thanks Emily Freeman)

As per the Tuesday usual, have I got a TREAT for you! If Emily Freeman's...

April 23, 2019

Permission to Know We’re Not Alone (Thanks, Alia Joy)

Oh friends, I am GIDDY as I type the introduction to today's post, because you...

April 19, 2019

Ever Feel Like You’re Learning to Believe who YOU Really Are?

Last weekend, Theo and I spent the extended weekend in Mississippi. As happened with Oregon...

April 16, 2019

The Intersection of Calling & Closed Doors (Writes Ryan Pemberton)

Another Tuesday, another dollar ...is that how the phrase goes? I've got an author I'd like you...

April 12, 2019

Saying Sorry to Martial Arts Masters, Because, HALT.

It happened again, as it always does: I bit off the head of the master....

April 09, 2019

The Call to Love Our Neighbors, Thanks to Alex Kuykendall

Happy Tuesday, friends! Although I've not read Alexandra Kuykendall's new book yet, everything she says...

April 02, 2019

To Live is to Lead, Says Roy Goble

As per the Tuesday usual, I've got another book and another author for you! Roy...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

How Not to Introduce a Speaker, Regardless of Gender

A couple of weeks ago I took the stage in front of a group of...

March 26, 2019

Hearing the Songs of the Trees, Courtesy of Christie Purifoy

Whether you're tuning in for the first or for the hundredth time, it's an honor to...

March 22, 2019

Are you an Oregonian?

As any reader of The Color of Life now knows, I grew up in the...

March 19, 2019

Because Social Justice IS for All of Us, or so Lisa Van Engen Reminds Us

Once again, I've got a book and an author I think you're going to want...

March 15, 2019

Who are You at the End of the Day?

Although it's half a week late, I preached a short homily this last weekend in...

March 12, 2019

Let Her Lead: Welcoming Women as Leaders in the Church

Today's post is from a friend who's ever growing dearer to me: Myisha Hill is a...

March 05, 2019

Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, Carrier of Story

Oh friends, another poet is entering this space today! Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros is a friend, a...

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