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January 2013

January 15, 2013

Technicolor Jesus

~ “I just want to hear God. To know how he’s speaking to me” she...

January 14, 2013

When God Speaks the Unexpected

Day 2 of "When God Speaks {or doesn't} kicks off with a heartbreakingly beautiful story...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

When Post Traumatic Growth Happens

I’ve been on a trauma recovery journey I’ve been trying to articulate to myself and...

October 2012

October 13, 2012

Intentional Parenting Through Your Spritual Gifts

Ever wondered how your spiritual gifts play out in your parenting style? It’s pretty easy...

October 01, 2012

Meet Fred.

Recently, I was asked to write a blog post about a Minister I have learned...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Someone had the nerve to say marriage was easy and I have a response

I was aghast, my friends. Aghast when I came across this post called: The 'Just...

August 18, 2012

When Jesus Journaled About Me, Here’s What He Said

Let's face it, y'all. It's easier for us to believe that God is a pissed-off,...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

The One in Which My Mouth was Wide Open Because I Witnessed a Miracle (and you can too)!

Back in 1996, at the ripe impressionable age of 19 I went to a large...

June 02, 2012

When the people you love are lying through their nasty teeth

I watched The Truman Show tonight while I was pretending to get some work done....

May 2012

May 31, 2012

I cursed God like Job’s miserable wifey

I am losing something. It's dying. It's not someone but it is something very important...

April 2012

April 25, 2012

Where Does God Talk To You?

God is fond of talking to me at two inconvenient times: when I’m in the...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Prepping Easter

My little Easter eggs.. My boys are exactly 4 years apart --within three days-- so...

March 15, 2012

“May you live in interesting (pornographic) times.” -Chinese Proverb

Okay, so I revised it. The real proverb is "May you live in interesting times." ...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Lent

Being a Minister by vocation does not mean I'm up on every important event in...

February 11, 2012

A mash-up for feeling like a caged animal

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'm not who I thought was, and that...

January 2012

January 10, 2012

I’m not who I thought I was

Yesterday I tweeted "I'm not who I thought I was." I wasn't trying to be terribly...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

As it turns out I’m a fickle, superficial, talkative, narcissistic, spacey, cosmic, indulgent, light-headed, irresponsible, inconsistent, unreliable, scattered, unrealistic, naive, a dabbler, and an unfaithful escapist. Sigh.

It's true. It's all true. Realized today that I am afraid that I am doing...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Give an Awesome(r) Gift on Cyber Monday while Helping Families around the World {+ GIVEAWAY}

It's Cyber Monday & if your like me your having hard time getting anything done...

November 27, 2011

Advent explained. Time to get sad, y’all.

Advent, Day 1. Advent comes from the Latin adventus, meaning "coming" or "arrival." It's the...

November 22, 2011

I Occupied Wall Street, Yo! My Weekend in Manhattan for the Blogher ~ Penguin Writer’s Conference

I was super-duper geeked to attend my first-ever blogging/writing conference hosted by the Mac Daddy

October 2011

October 17, 2011

Honesty Box you can kiss it; online harressment at its worst.

I am coming to terms. Truth is, the interwebs is not always a nice place...

October 16, 2011

Fresh tat for a bit ‘o’ grief

It's been a rough, rocky, rambunctious ride of a year. It doesn't really matter what...

October 13, 2011

Coming out of the Closet with Depression

Almost two years ago, I came out of the closet with depression. I'm still a...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Little BLOG of Horrors: Say Goodnight, Gracie.

Have you ever seen Little Shop of Horrors? It's a musical about a nerdy florist...

May 08, 2011

Why I got a couple a screws up in my head loose: On animal displacement disorder, a preggo raccoon & Disney’s African Cats Movie. Happy Mother’s Day! =)

Raised in the esoteric eighties like me? Did you ever watch that insanely depressing movie,...

April 2011

April 16, 2011

Do What You Love. #WINNING =)

Last week, I spoke for 125ish students at The Ohio State University. I am very...

April 06, 2011

I have a book!

Not a book deal, per se... but a book. And I mean that in the...

March 2011

March 20, 2011

A Date with the Devil? (Part 2)

In conclusion to part 1, the one about why I shouldn't date demons or want...

February 2011

February 22, 2011

Wearing the “Minister” Hat

I went back and forth on attaching the 'Minister' moniker to my Minister Mama blog...

February 09, 2011

Haiti – One Year Later

The other day, R1 (my sensitive 5 yr. old) mentioned we "should go over to...

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