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May 2014

May 28, 2014

Evangelizing with Strawberries

Every Memorial Day, families in our suburb of Hartford, Conn., gather in the town center...

April 2014

April 01, 2014

I Don’t Like God’s Seating Chart

As you know from my last post, I was devastated by World Vision's reversal, under...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

What Happens When We Pray

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

February 2014

February 04, 2014

God Does Not Make Me Happy (or Three Things I Learned About My Relationship with God)

Last weekend, I went on a one-night retreat with my church's vestry. (In an Episcopal...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Why I Love Pope Francis’s Radical (Not Really) Take on the Gospel

I am enamored of Pope Francis. Every time he clarifies what he believes about the...

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...

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...

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...

September 2012

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...