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May 2016

May 17, 2016

The Soulmaking Room: Review

There's an obscure story in 2 Kings (that reads "Second Kings," for all you politicians...

May 12, 2016

Don’t Like Your Pastor? Don’t Leave Your Church

There's a blog post going around called "So You Don't Like your Pastor..." I read...

May 11, 2016

How Jesus Saves the World (From Us): A Review

Some political consultants on NPR this morning--one Democrat, one Republican--were talking about the current election...

May 09, 2016

Cleaning the Brushes: The Never-Done Work of Ministry

My friend Kory shares some thoughts on the "never done-ness" of ministry. On behalf of...

May 06, 2016

Healing and Holding Up the World: A Tribute for National Nurse Week

Guest Post: by Elizabeth Myer Boulton My mother was a nurse all her professional life...

May 05, 2016

5 Small Steps to a Simpler Closet (and Safer Planet)

Earlier this week, I shared a post about my family's Sock Scavenger Hunt. I paid my...

May 03, 2016

Lost and Found: A Parable In Socks

You know what was great about living in the desert all those years? Among other...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Sidestepping Sexism: It’s Just Easier

Yesterday a blog troll called me a fascist bitch. Also yesterday--an elderly funeral director told...

April 26, 2016

This is Me, Not Writing About Beyoncé

It's here. The Queen dropped a super secret new album on Saturday night on HBO....

April 22, 2016

An Ecological Conversion: Called by God (and a Scientist) in the Cloud Forest

Guest Post: by Scott Hardin-Nieri Our family delighted in God’s creation as we served in...

April 21, 2016

Handing Hate the Microphone

Kansas legislators recently introduced a measure that would require transgender students (at public schools and universities)...

April 20, 2016

7 Ways From Sunday: 7 True Things From 7 Years of Blogging

Yesterday, I logged into my "back end" blog stuff to edit something and noticed--purely by...

April 13, 2016

Only Libraries Can Save Us Now

I did not know that National Library Week was a thing, but I am a fan. Let's...

April 11, 2016

10 Things Scarier Than a Trans Person In Your Bathroom

We know better than to read the comments section. But sometimes I can't help myself. As...

April 07, 2016

When It’s Complicated, Just Show Up

A few months ago, my church sensed a call to get involved with refugee ministry. There...

April 06, 2016

Gaps in History: Talking to Kids About Race and Privilege

My niece--my daughter's cousin and BFF since birth--is biracial. Together, these girls choreograph synchronized dance...

April 01, 2016

A Change of Heart: Trump, After All

I don't know, you guys. Maybe they know something we don't. It's all starting to...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

This is Sunday, All Day Long

What if I told you that you could change the world using only the first...

March 25, 2016

Finished and Forsaken: 7 Last Words in Verse

Our Good Friday service at Saint Andrew this year is all music and poetry--reflections on...

March 23, 2016

Go Prepare a Place: Holy Week and Political Trans-Shaming

If you haven't been following the Kansas politiscape, then you're welcome. It is a mind-melting,...

March 22, 2016

The World is Our Home: Terrorism, Holy Week, and Other Things We’d Like to Forget

If you know anything about personality typing, then I can tell you I'm an ENFP,...

March 16, 2016

Making the Pass: Early Lessons in Unbalanced Courts

It's March! You know what that means, right? We can take a break from fighting...

March 15, 2016

A Mother, A Minister & A Media Guy: 3 Takes on a Trump Rally

A team effort guest post today: Three perspectives on the Trump rally in downtown KC...

March 12, 2016

Something Wicked This Way Comes: When Trump Comes to Town

He's coming. To Kansas City. Tonight. It is a gray, dull, drizzly day here, which...

March 09, 2016

No Tribe But Ours: A Refugee Story

I really just carried the fruit basket... But I'll tell you about that in a...

March 07, 2016

A Good Week For Progress: Baby Panda Edition

I need a break. A week off. Not from work. Not even from writing in...

March 04, 2016

The Unfriend Trend: Why You Should Stop Ditching All the Trump Supporters

Maybe Jerry Falwell, Jr was right. Donald Trump IS, in fact, like Jesus Christ. At least,...

March 02, 2016

The Trump Rally is the New Klan Rally

I wasn't going to write about him today. I swear. We need a break from...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

The Willful Ignorance of Privilege: from Oscar to Trump

His performance was met with broadly divergent sorts of reviews... But Chris Rock did some truth-telling...

February 27, 2016

Dear Millennials: I Don’t Care If You Come to Church

Hey, Millennials. Listen. I no longer care if you come to church or not. I...

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