Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Home
About

Home
Progressive Christian

Uncategorized

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month June 2016 February 2016 January 2016 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 October 2014 September 2014 January 2014 December 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012

June 2016

June 02, 2016

From shame and blame to belonging

From a sermon preached at First Presbyterian Church of Bend, May 29, 2016. There was a...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

The holy prison of Lent

I spent 5 days on Robben Island in January 2015 where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

In the shelter of each other

I spent 5 days with a group of peacemakers and activists from around the world...

January 28, 2016

Privileged stories

I spent 5 days of Robben Island where Nelson Mandela and many others were imprisoned...

January 25, 2016

Reflections from Robben Island

On Friday morning, I woke early, got dressed and went for a walk with my...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Welcome to Lent

I have just returned from 17 days of travel – 12 in Africa and...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Marcus’ Striped Socks

Big time scholar, controversial figure, subject of endless discussions... he showed up last year at...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

The Pastor in Protest

A couple of years ago I toured the Civil Rights museum in Greensboro, North Carolina...

December 15, 2014

The Advent of Discontent

It was less than two weeks ago that I turned to my husband and said,...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Book Response: How to Be a Christian Without Going to Church

As I have looked at the title of this book sitting by my bedside recently,...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Headphones

Last week I was on an early morning flight trying to sleep and was awoken...

September 17, 2014

the dangerous ambivalent leader

A few years ago when I was a new parishioner at a big church, I...

September 15, 2014

Living Between Denial and Despair

As the reports and tributes about Joan Rivers poured in last week, I was particularly...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Minute by Minute: My plan to get through 2014

I was recently asked to define self-care. The first thoughts that came to me were...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

How to Christmas #3: Be the adult in the room

Family situations can put us right back into our childhood roles. We walk into the...

December 21, 2013

How to Christmas #2: say thank you

The older I get, the more Grinch-y I am at the beginning of the holiday...

December 19, 2013

How To Christmas #1: Listening to Christmas Music

I'm talking about transcendent Christmas music, not Last Christmas by Wham, which seems to come...

December 11, 2013

What San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala and Bend, Oregon have in common.

On the shuttle at the San Francisco airport today, I sat next to a woman...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

with gratitude to Dallas Willard (1935-2013)

The sermon discussion group got all riled up about the word “saved” in Acts 2:47...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Curating Transformation

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Post-sermon Anxiety

When I lay my head on the pillow after a Sunday of preaching, my most...

March 21, 2013

What We Do: Good Friday

This is my first in occasional posts about the church that I am privileged to...

March 07, 2013

Solitude in Community

In response to the Patheos Progressive Christian question: What spiritual practices are helpful and/or meaningful...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

A Drama Queen’s Lent

For Lent, I am giving up drama. Chocolate is looking like an easier choice. I...

February 13, 2013

Christianity in ashes

I didn’t grow up with it. It was a strange antiquated concept to me. A...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

impressions of Cuba

Open your eyes and you are in the late 19th century. Horse-drawn carriages clip along,...

January 18, 2013

Sacred Apricots

On a summer afternoon this past summer, I received the news that my grandmother had...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Why an Incarnation

A response to the #progGod Challenge: Why an incarnation? Easter gets all the buzz. But...

December 17, 2012

A sermon in response to Newtown

Just a note... Our church community is doing an Advent series entitled "Unwrapping Jesus." We...

December 02, 2012

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Tomorrow is my last day here in Guatemala. I will go home with many memories...

Related posts from Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Progressive Christian

The holy prison of Lent

Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Progressive Christian

In the shelter of each other

Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Progressive Christian

Privileged stories

Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Progressive Christian

Reflections from Robben Island

Breathing Room: Faith Beyond Either/Or

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos