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October 2011

October 30, 2011

A Sign and a Wonder

Every year, in what i call "stewardship season," i revisit Brueggeman's "The Liturgy of Abundance."...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Holy Aware

I love hiking in the desert (when it is below 90 degress...). I live in...

September 10, 2011

Soul Seasons

A pumpkin latte in my hand. From Not Starbuck's. A cool crisp 62 degrees out....

August 2011

August 06, 2011

Best of Both Worlds

Around here, if you want to enjoy any outside time between june and october, it...

August 05, 2011

Where You From?

even though I grew up in Kentucky, I did not know I was from Kentucky...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Going Anyway

When Jeremy and i moved to arizona, we had 5 blissful weeks between the time...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Comfort Reading and Cooler Climes…

It is officially hot enough to melt your shoes out there, so lots of time...

June 15, 2011

An Abundance of Sunshine

as we barrel into another hot summer, i'm reminded of the first glimpse i received...

June 08, 2011

Tomato, To-mah-to…

Well, about this time every year, i commence whining. About the miserable desert heat, about the...

May 2011

May 17, 2011

The New 60 Seconds

...what matters most comes with us, and all will be restored. When it is time...

May 13, 2011

The New Time Out

“The Peace Pole Project is the official Project of The World Peace Prayer Society. It...

April 2011

April 22, 2011

Gaga Gospel

All the awkwardness of dancing at prom, with the joy of dancing at a wedding...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

Spirit Time

I've lived in Phoenix for 4 years now, so I should know better...but I still...

April 2010

April 16, 2010

Fixing Hair and Chasing Bears

For how many of us do questions of who we are and what we do have...

April 02, 2010

What’s So Good About It?

We've said it before, we'll say it again...what's possibly "Good" about this dark day? in...

March 2010

March 11, 2010

written in the sand

I'm still on grace today. When Jesus intervened and prevented the angry mob from stoning...

March 03, 2010

Dis-what now?

Yikes. You know it's been too long since you've blogged when you can't remember your...

January 2010

January 14, 2010

Out of the Dust

Many would call it a sick fascination, this compulsion to watch round the clock coverage...

December 2009

December 08, 2009

An Air-Conditioned Arctic

For all that we have filled it with false comforts, this is a rare season...

November 2009

November 10, 2009

New Fixtures

With the proceeds from a wedding, a funeral, and a couple of published articles, we...

October 2009

October 21, 2009

Scoot Over

The way that we share our space--God's space--should reflect how we share what God has...

October 14, 2009

Trash Day Discipleship

Can these patterns of call and response build community? A modern-day, real-life litany of connectedness?

October 08, 2009

Saving Space

'Tis the season...not quite for the holidays (although, don't get me started on the radio...

September 2009

September 28, 2009

Sacred Space

The landscape around us is just full of God’s glory, just full of the kind...

August 2009

August 11, 2009

The New West

Blame it on Clint Eastwood, Zane Grey, or Miss Kitty. You had a dream about...