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June 2013

June 06, 2013

Being prayer

"But, for me, in that moment, on that particular evening, the words simply would not...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Not the Lent I intended

Some years, we elect our Lenten discipline, thoughtfully chosen to strategically open or soften parts...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Repentance redefined: Giving up exhaustion and opening to change

Day 4: Repentance redefined: Giving up exhaustion and opening to change “exhaustion was not fertile...

February 15, 2013

Repentance redefined: standing tall

" Not one more day did Jesus want this woman to live bent over." As...

February 13, 2013

Messy and connected

“If I don’t know how to connect in my mess, I miss a lot of...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

“M” is for mystery and for mystic

"The more I listened, the more I recognized within myself a deep hunger to be...

January 25, 2013

A Holy Rant

Why is it that most Christians assume that spirituality is a unisex reality? Why have...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Focusing Self-compassion on Limitations

I admit it: I’ve not bought a single Christmas gift yet. My husband, God bless...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Sex, lies, and simplistic thinking

"life doesn’t follow the rules and when it doesn’t, we scramble to make sense of...

August 13, 2012

Self-compassion and unconditional love

“...will we dare to grow up… into the one who extends the unconditional love and...

August 06, 2012

Crazy like Jesus

“The soul of society is law; the soul of community is love.” -Roberto Rossellini About...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Self-compassion and limitations

"The moments when we meet our limitations are often the times when we struggle the...

July 23, 2012

Gender mess

“It is not so much compromise that is called for but a greater wisdom and...

July 18, 2012

A love letter to my body

It seems I am forever just behind the culture curve… just outside the conversation. But...

July 16, 2012

Geography and spirituality

"She (Sarah) planted herself not on the edge but in the center of God’s land...

July 13, 2012

Self-compassion and resistance

"We tend to believe that we welcome compassion; that the world could never have enough. ...

July 09, 2012

Positive change, negative response

"If we can muster the courage for the initial choice, we expect affirmation and blessing."...

July 06, 2012

Self-compassion: sorting guilt and shame

“Self-compassion is an extension of Jesus’ compassion…” In my life and work, one of the...

July 02, 2012

How to love a fool

"When we live in close relationship with fools, so often we take on their shame...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

God’s love: the source of self-compassion

“Self-compassion allows us to access a safe space of love and belonging in the midst...

June 22, 2012

Self-compassion and authenticity

"If Jesus were with me today, what would he see? What would he say?" ...

June 13, 2012

Let’s hear it for the sheep!

“I cannot help but be cautious about structural power in the context of a kingdom...

June 11, 2012

Uni-sex spirituality?

“Though the church may have missed noticing gender different spirituality, God had not missed writing...

June 01, 2012

Renaming myself

"Giving words and voice to ourselves allows us to step into our own lives more...

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