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March 2017

March 14, 2017

Tony Campolo: Returning Agency to the Body of Christ through Spiritual Practice

Saturday afternoon, at a church near our home, beloved pastor Tony Campolo*, shared that his...

September 2016

September 10, 2016

Progressive Evangelical Female’s story of pornography and sexual addiction

I am a progressive evangelical. I like to think of myself as a baptiscostal floating...

June 2016

June 11, 2016

3 reasons why I am going to the Wildgoose Festival- AGAIN!

Three Reasons Why I am going to the Wildgoose Festival this Summer In 2005, my...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Hey it’s Jesus in an Easter Dress Sitting in the Lotus, but You don’t Recognize Him

I cried on Easter Sunday...actually, Jesus my bridegroom wept because again He went unrecognized. It's...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

3 Things Folks Experiencing Homelessness Need from You

Three Things Our Friends Experiencing Homelessness Need from You I spend my days working at...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

I walk the line

Verbally abused in an unwarranted and shocking attack in my home this week by someone...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

She was a friend of God

She was a friend of GOD I’m just getting in from my friend of 33...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

Sit with me in the I don’t know

Does the weight of the world lie heavy on your shoulders most days these past...

December 2014

December 05, 2014

Joy in Solemnity

'I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

What do Pee Wee Herman and Non-Attachment have in common?

Two days ago I purchased my monthly copy of Mantra Yoga+Health magazine. I was anticipating...

October 2014

October 05, 2014

Making Me a Channel of His Peace

Two and a half years ago I attended my first Centering Prayer retreat at the...

September 2014

September 05, 2014

In Full Disclosure

I am not a writer. There, I've said it and it feels good to get...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

The busy, dizzy bustle in this lonely, lonely world. Traffic moving forward. People moving back....

February 20, 2013

Poetry: American Sons by Randy Woodley

Today, I'm posting about the American enterprise of war but really more about how precious...

February 12, 2013

Poetry : Randy Woodley, The Haunting (A Tribute to Richard Twiss)

Over the next several months I will be posting some of my poetry every Wednesday....

February 08, 2013

#SKEPTIMERGENT: the atheist’s dilemma

I would guess that most people who have grown up and stayed in churches do...

February 07, 2013

The Orthodoxy of Humility

I have heard it said that all prayer is heresy, but God in His infinite...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Return to a Theology of Normalcy or the Same Old Homogenous Imperialism? By Randy S. Woodley

It is coming….the signs of restored racism in our society are beginning to show… Increased...

December 2012

December 23, 2012

God the Father and Embryo

Advent suggests so many mysteries of God's patience. One rarely commented case is God as...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

Heal Me: Why Tommy and the White Western Colonial Church? By Randy Woodley

I began this conversation I called, See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Touch Me: it takes a lifetime by Randy Woodley

(I began this series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a challenge...

August 2012

August 16, 2012

A Humble Emergent Reply to Ben Witherington III

Dear Dr. Witherington, I feel as but a mere ant to respond to a man...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

Emerging Apophatic

One of my favorite theological sayings is “God in all things; all things in God.”...

January 11, 2012

Quoting God by Randy Woodley

Ok, I first need to admit to you, this is not my first time at...