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November 2013

November 12, 2013

The Real War on Marriage

I know, I know. I just wrote a piece on marriage. However—it got heavy traffic,...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Coming and Going

How confusing this must seem to small children, I was thinking the other day. To...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

The Miracle Purse

I've said it before, I will say it again: I love church ladies. When I...

August 13, 2013

The Conviction of Things Unseen: on Mystery Priests and Modern Miracles

The mystery priest came out of the closet. I mean...not that closet. But he came...

August 08, 2013

Happily Mostly After

Happily ever after is a lie. And no, I'm not having man problems. I don't hate...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Parking, Free for All (?)

My church shares space with a secular preschool. It is a WONDERFUl school. As far as I know,...

June 2013

June 01, 2013

On Enjoying the Show

I remember when dance recital week was the busiest/most stressful week of the year. I...

May 2013

May 26, 2013

My Ordinnaversary

Nine years ago—this weekend exactly—I was ordained to Christian ministry. I remember a few things...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Head and Heart

When a church is dying, The Body wants to know why. When people are leaving (or just...

March 2013

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 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 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 06, 2013

Zumba-dy Stop Me

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

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 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 10, 2013

As Often As You Do This…

we are winging it. Every one of us, even on our best days. Call me...

January 08, 2013

The Gospel of Grantham

If you want to know what a nerd I am, I'm going to tell you....

January 04, 2013

Failure to Adapt

our mainline churches are dying from this 'failure to adapt' that we see in the...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Go and See

God comes wherever we are: even if we've failed to pray the right prayer; even...

December 19, 2012

In Church, at Christmastime

The phone is ringing off the hook, The sanctuary’s hard to book. Yes it’s clean--dare...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

An Empty House

A Tao of Christmas shopping, from a wannabe minimalist: So, i buy most of my...

November 17, 2012

til by Turning, Turning, We Come ‘Round Right

Spoiler alert: if you are coming to Foothills for worship tomorrow and you want to be...

November 15, 2012

Fresh Batch of Good News

I love to veg out with a magazine. Doesn't really matter what kind, just something...

November 07, 2012

Next…

A deep breath...this is a non-partisan post, I promise. In fact, I've tried to focus all my...

November 05, 2012

Joy in the Morning

Enough. Come tomorrow, I want my friends back, I want my country back, and I...

November 03, 2012

Scattered and Sown

So this farmer went out with a bunch of seeds. And he scattered them far and...