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

Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Home
Progressive Christian

Prayer

Select a Category Advent 2016 Adventure Community & One Another Contemplation Lent 2016 Lessons Motherhood Native American Heritage Month 2017 Native American Spirituality Politics & Social Justice Prayer Remembrance Seven Gratitudes Uncategorized

Select a Month April 2018 March 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 August 2013 March 2013 February 2013 November 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012

March 2018

March 06, 2018

We Still Need the Delight of God

In today’s America, we see the face of politicians more than anyone else, because we...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

The Fight is Not With Each Other

A few months ago, I spent a weekend at a retreat in the mountains of...

October 2017

October 09, 2017

Why Every Day is Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Step out and beyond. There are invisible realities in the world, stories the history...

October 04, 2017

Redeeming the Bible From American Evangelicalism

We go to an Anglican church now. Every Sunday, worship is infused with the...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

God For Those Still Holding On

Taste and see that the Lord is good. This word is not for the faint...

June 17, 2017

IDENTITY CRISIS: on faith, color & call

FAITH. Last week when my husband and I took a trip to a small lake...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

PENTECOST: THE HOLY GHOST & NATIVE CEREMONY

Growing up in the Southern Baptist church, the only holidays on the liturgical calendar in...

May 23, 2017

A MID-WEEK PRAYER: the spirit’s fruit

O God, Gentle and Strong Mystery, We rest our weary eyes on your horizon. In...

May 21, 2017

WHEN ALL THAT IS LEFT IS JESUS

Someone recently asked me, "Why on earth are you still going to church? You, of...

May 15, 2017

Do Not Be Afraid If God Is Not What You Expected

When we are young, we are taught to believe certain things about God--- about what...

May 08, 2017

JESUS & US: a shared wilderness

Mark 1:4-12 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for...

May 02, 2017

That Night at the Monastery

Last year I visited a monastery about an hour away from my city. I was...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

The City Siren Song & Journeying Back to the Land

I need her-- the land-- though for a long time I'd forgotten why. It seems...

April 21, 2017

SEVEN GRATITUDES: life & death

{Seven Gratitudes is a lovely link-up I participate in some Fridays with my dear friend,...

April 13, 2017

I AM WOMAN. HEAR ME MOURN.

It is no secret that as women, we carry our babies for nine months. We...

April 04, 2017

DEAR SYRIA: the worst apology

Dear Syria, I admit that growing up as an everyday American, I did not...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

EASTER & BEYOND: the cross as crossing over

cross: to start one place and get to the other side When I was young, I...

March 20, 2017

The Truth About Your Story Is That The World Needs To Hear It

When I began my blog five years ago, I named it Stories because I needed a...

March 15, 2017

Defining Myself Without Fear

Photo by Amy Paulson Photography I’ve never been one for confrontation. My need for inner...

March 07, 2017

DEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP: The Reason I Write

Dear President Trump, Every Tuesday now, I gather with my boys (so far) at a...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

ONLY LOVE (every part of yourself) TODAY

In a small group exercise recently, all participants were asked to rank our life identities...

February 06, 2017

ROOM AT THE TABLE: the church & Native American spirituality

“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

DEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP: a promise for your coming inauguration & presidency

Dear President Trump, As a new era begins in your life, so it begins...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

My ONE WORD for 2017

I stood at my sister's kitchen sink the other night, after we'd had a post-Christmas meal...

December 14, 2016

To My Dearest Peace…

Peace, Dearest, I searched for you today. I was in Aleppo, and I held a...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Advent 2016: hope, grief, and Jesus unimagined

Years and years ago, advent came as a long season, generations of waiting and hoping...

November 22, 2016

Shalom: her magnetic heart

You and I are "other" to each other, foreign creatures, locked in our independent skin....

November 09, 2016

An Open Letter to Donald Trump: the day after the election

Dear President-Elect: This morning, I lay in bed beside my three year old as my...

November 07, 2016

When We Are World Citizens

In the course of the last week, I have witnessed Native Americans fight for water...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

At the Feet of our Elder-Women: shared experiences that will heal our world

Last Friday I attended a cabaret show at our church- a fabulous dinner around bottle-lit...

Related posts from Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Progressive Christian

Without the Earth, We'd Be Nothing

Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Progressive Christian

Careful, Your Misogyny is Showing

Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Progressive Christian

The Fight is Not With Each Other

Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Progressive Christian

I'm Tired of Being Afraid of Older White...

Stories - with Kaitlin B. Curtice

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos