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August 2012

August 21, 2012

For Life

I mean... way to say it out loud, Mr. Akin. Your ignorance may be astounding--horrific,...

August 17, 2012

Ask: Why Fear of Death is Killing the Church

if we were not all so afraid of our own mortality, we'd be much more...

August 16, 2012

On Doing, and Being Done

Sometimes, our addiction to that two-letter word--DO--is, in fact, the very thing standing in the...

August 15, 2012

Ode to Phoenix in Summer

Waves of heat dance off the pavement, ominous vipers hissing, "don't passsss by here..." The neighboring cactus,...

August 14, 2012

If You’re Still Saying “Lifestyle,” We’ve Still Got a Problem…

Music, diet, geography, recreation, spending habits, technology, wardrobe, living space…This is a lifestyle. And each...

August 10, 2012

What Whining Will Get You…

I've got two small children. I know what whining sounds like. Sometimes, before the request...

August 09, 2012

A Good Word

The essence of being 'timely' has utterly changed, now that news can travel to us...

August 03, 2012

Fearfully, Wonderfully

Can't wait to get home and watch the Hunger Games! Wait..I mean, the Olympics.

August 02, 2012

Freedom, Rights, and Chicken Fights

Are we done talking about chicken yet?? Law... Let's all just breathe today, and remember...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Playing Chicken

Well, I'm late to the party, but here goes: I'm not eating at Chick-fil-A anymore....

July 24, 2012

What We Can Learn…

Confession time: for all that i am willing to proclaim what is wrong with mega-church culture, I...

July 23, 2012

Push Pause to Start

It's been 2 months. That's 8 weeks of travel with young children; of shoe melting,...

June 2012

June 09, 2012

The Great American Road Trip

What is it that keeps us moving? What are we looking for? I've wondered about...

June 01, 2012

To Be

I started getting in trouble for my 'to be' verbs in junior AP English. It...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

A Perfect Day

Following a pretty rotten day, the universe will sometimes throw you a nearly perfect one....

May 17, 2012

Flex Space, Sacred Space

Chairs or pews? Ah, the age-old question that has turned many a pastor's hair gray...

May 15, 2012

The Story You Thought You Knew

I used to love those Richard Scarry books when i was a kid. You know...

May 11, 2012

Confession: Progressive Christians Love the Bible, Too

It occurs to me that I should never be famous. Not that i was ever...

May 10, 2012

Immediately

Parenthood comes with that same sense of urgency. They grow so quickly, we don’t have...

May 09, 2012

We Hold Some Truths to be Self-Evident…

I went to bed angry, and woke up with a deep and painful sigh of...

May 08, 2012

A Moving Picture

My 3-year-old has a new catch phrase response for when you ask her a question...

May 03, 2012

S*^! Jesus Says: The Missionary Edition

"Good afternoon. My name is **Jane** and I'm with **Betterthanyou** ministries. I was wondering if...

May 01, 2012

The Mercy Instinct

As a pastor, I see it time and time and time again: a person has been...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Good Stuff

How do we develop a taste for good things? Is it an acquired taste, cultivated by...

April 25, 2012

Unwound

First, confessions of an English major: I was totally thrown off my zen today by...

April 24, 2012

Under Pressure

God spoke to me today. I love when that happens. I hate when that happens....

April 23, 2012

More S*^! Jesus Says

I'm working/praying/stumbling my way through a sermon series on the Beatitudes, otherwise known at my...

April 20, 2012

Take a Load Off

Maybe I'm too young to claim The Band as part of the soundtrack to my life. ...

April 19, 2012

Spinach

When I was pregnant, I could not eat green vegetables. I couldn't stomach the tastes...

April 18, 2012

Dear Church: It’s Not You, It’s Us

It is no secret: vocational ministers are burning out, leaving the Church, and experiencing a...

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