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March 2013

March 25, 2013

For Goodness’ Sake

Every other week of the world, Friday is full of good things. Barbeques and kids’...

March 22, 2013

Showing Up

The desert in blessed springtime… Crystal blue skies, perfect temperatures, and actual green stuff creeping...

March 21, 2013

Pink Bags (and Other Baggage)

Is this a post about Jesus? Not so much. I somehow couldn't manage to fit 'Jesus' and...

March 18, 2013

Sympathy for the Devil?

A young girl gets drunk at a party. She is, for all intents and purposes,...

March 14, 2013

$*^! Jesus Says: Seeds and Weeds Edition

For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,...

March 13, 2013

The Way the Wind Blows

I'm watching. You probably are too. While thousands of faithful Catholics have been waiting in...

March 12, 2013

Using Our Words: Power Verbs for the Language of Faith

As the mother of two preschoolers, I find myself saying this thing that used to...

March 06, 2013

Prepare the Way: Why I Need Carbs (and Coffee) for Lent

This week, Patheos asked its bloggers to reflect on spiritual practices that we find especially...

March 05, 2013

Everything I Really Needed to Know About Ministry, I Learned as a Sorority Rush Chair

In a small group at church last weekend, we were asked to complete the following sentence:...

March 01, 2013

The Secret Password

Time for Lenten weeping and gnashing of teeth. We progressive/mainline protestant types aren't into the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Year of the Dude: Hyper-Masculinity in Marketing, Media and Mega-church

Any time i post an especially pro-woman bit of commentary, i get feedback saying that...

February 22, 2013

Snow Days, Sick Days, and Other Enforced Sabbaths

I made the mistake of saying out loud last week that I hadn't been sick...

February 20, 2013

Watered Down

True story: my husband and i were out having dinner at a nice restaurant. Which...

February 19, 2013

Downer Abbey

If you want to avoid Downton spoilers, then just go visit my guest post on...

February 15, 2013

The New Anonymous

My friend Matt over at the Board of Church Extension wrote a great piece about...

February 14, 2013

Out of the (little black) Box

Hey. Watch this real quick. When you're done tossing your pink frosted cookies, come back and...

February 13, 2013

Ashes and Casseroles: The Business of Life

I did a funeral this morning for a beloved saint of the church. Now I'm working...

February 12, 2013

Forwarding Address

I'm feeling a little out of breath. I'm new to Patheos this week, which means...

February 07, 2013

Out of Joint

I hesitate to say this out loud and jinx myself so--knock on wood, or stucco,...

February 06, 2013

Zumba-dy Stop Me

Not surprisingly, my reasons for not going back to Zumba are the very reasons that...

February 01, 2013

Those Guys are Awesome

Thanks be to God, it isn't all on me to make or break the work...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

The Risk of Relationship

A follow-up to yesterday's discussion re: "Moral Compromise." We are talking about the beginnings of transformation. The...

January 29, 2013

Moral Compromise

Newsflash: there is ALWAYS a boy with two dads who needs a place around the...

January 25, 2013

For Life. Still.

On this anniversary of Roe v. Wade, when emotions run high, it seems an important...

January 24, 2013

Goodness and Truth

It was that lovely week of Christmas when utterly NOTHING happens at church, and we clergy types...

January 22, 2013

Your Jesus looks like a frat guy…

He's a pastor, right? With a following of thousands? Maybe HuNDREDS of thousands? Is his...

January 21, 2013

Another Dream

Holy smokes. I am just getting around to reading Jimmy Carter's piece about gender inequality...

January 20, 2013

$h*t Jesus Says: Water to Wine Edition

in a dark and broken and messed up world, people who still seek the salvation...

January 18, 2013

God of the Facebook Meme

One woman's 'apologetic' as to why she is raising her children without God has been making...

January 17, 2013

The Rhythms of Grace

Last week, I signed my 4-year-old daughter up for her first dance class. !! I...

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