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May 2016

May 03, 2016

God in My Gut

If God isn’t going to speak to me with a voice or in a dream...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

On Marriage, Church, and Sticking Around When Things Get Hard

In both marriages and churches, sometimes the challenge is to stay in the aftermath of...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Church is for Misfits

As people aligned with a God who promises to do new things among us, to...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

What It Means to Belong to a Church

When we moved from D.C. to Connecticut, we hoped to find a new community that...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

On Episcopalian Rules (or, Why Episcopalians Rule)

Last weekend, my husband and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to pick our daughter Leah up from...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

Why Church is Important (One Reason, Anyway)

Perhaps part of me thinks that to be worthwhile, prayer and Bible study have to...

June 12, 2014

Revitalizing Churches and Communities the “Slow Church” Way

After years of driving south to visit my husband's family in North Carolina, our family...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

How My Daughter (“the Mensch”) Taught Me About God’s Love

Saturday night, as we drove south on Route 9 in the rainy twilight, a billboard...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Why I Support the Ordination of Women & LGBTQ People

I support the ordination of women and LGBTQ people because if I didn't, I would...

March 25, 2014

What Happens When We Pray

I don't understand how prayer works. But I believe in a God who is good,...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Redeeming My Grocery Routine to Feed Those Who Are Hungry

Of all the chores, I loathe grocery shopping the most. There are just so many...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Passing on the Faith: Community Trumps Theology

In church choir, my children are learning what it means not just to go to...

August 12, 2013

Mainline Churches—A New Home for Disaffected Evangelicals?

By now, it's old news that one in five Americans, including one-third of adults under 30,...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

My Church Bells Rang in Celebration of DOMA’s Defeat

Last Thursday morning, the bells of my Episcopal church pealed to celebrate the Supreme Court's...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Katherine Willis Pershey’s “Open Letter to My Evangelical Friends”

I am still pondering article proposals and book ideas and the wealth of wisdom and...

February 12, 2013

What Kind of Christian Are You? (And Does It Matter?)

Roger Olson, an evangelical blogger here on Patheos, wrote a post last week on "Why...

January 2013

January 18, 2013

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Preparing a Way for God to Enter Our Busy Advent World

My Advent posts this year have centered on a single theme—that honoring Advent does not...

December 04, 2012

Busy Hands, Quiet Heart: Thoughts On Advent

Confession: Every time I come across advice from a fellow Christian urging us to slow...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

A Proposal for a Longer Christmas Season…In the OTHER Direction

In addition to the oft-bemoaned retail practice of filling shelves with Christmas goods as soon...

November 21, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 3 – Thanksgiving

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. My identity as an Episcopalian stems...

November 20, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 2 – Adventures in Church Shopping

Read Part 1 of this series here. My husband Daniel and I met at the...

November 19, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 1 – A Detour into Evangelicalism

Patheos has invited bloggers to reflect this month on what we are grateful for in...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Why We Take Our Kids to Church…Even When It’s a Hassle

Several years ago, I wrote a blog post titled "Confessions of a Church-Skipping Mom." At...

October 18, 2012

Remembering Louis: On the Limits of Charity and the Need for a Government Safety Net

It took me a while to figure Louis out. Like all of the people, mostly...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

What Shane Claiborne (& Mother Teresa!) Got Wrong: On Being the Body of Christ with Imperfect Bodies

Last spring, I heard a terrific talk from Shane Claiborne at the Festival of Faith...

September 10, 2012

Fed Up with “The Church”? Try a Different One (Maybe Even in the Mainline!)

In a hugely popular post titled "Confessions of an Accidental Feminist," blogger, author, and evangelical...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: More Voices on the Colorado Shooting, Guns, and Violence

Every Friday, I share links to blog posts by other writers. I link often but...

July 25, 2012

Five Lessons from My Post on Gun Control

A few things I learned from Monday's post on guns and the shooting at an...

June 2012

June 07, 2012

That Darn Camel: Raising Conscientious Kids in a Stuff-Oriented Culture

by Jennifer Grant This is the fourth of a series of five posts exploring money...