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December 2012

December 25, 2012

And then they partied..

Merry Christmas.

December 24, 2012

The Gift of Christmas

The men are all gathered around the TV. Daughter Shelby is hanging out with friends...

December 12, 2012

Heaven on Parkchester Drive

There are stacks of books on my mother's dressers, piles of books on her bedside...

December 06, 2012

Faith as a One-Hit Wonder

I'd just filled up the gas tank on my way out of Spokane when I...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Mother Steel & Marlo Thomas

I worry that we have only changed out addictions. Traded in the packs of...

November 21, 2012

The Red-Lettered Gospel of a Homeless Poet

Seattle’s evening rush hour traffic had finally eased off. An all-day rain had soaked the...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Death’s Long-Shadow

Irony is the long-shadow of death. It is early morning yet. I have just administered...

September 05, 2012

The Problem with Talk Radio

Not that I'm a genius or anything close to it but I have stumbled...

August 2012

August 06, 2012

Little Dark Eye

His mother was sleeping, oh so briefly, as new moms do. I reached for...

August 02, 2012

Breast Pumps & the Fear of the Lord

I think a lot about words, how we use them and how prevalent certain words...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

After the killing

I am off to Baton Rouge. I won't return until Saturday. Pray for me, will...

July 23, 2012

Ministering from Weakness

Dependency is the issue in missions ... You Westerners, you know how to minister...

July 16, 2012

God’s Poetry again

A year ago, when I was in my hometown, I stopped by the Starbucks on...

July 07, 2012

God’s Grandchildren

Some years ago, my daughter Shelby and I were traveling across country. I've gone...

July 05, 2012

The Buddha of all Boson

It's the match that lit the fuse that caused the explosion that led to the...

July 04, 2012

God Does Not Love America

God does not love America. If that offends you, you have a problem. God does...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Nora Ephron: God’s Side-Kick

Nora Ephron has died, and with her at his right hand, God will surely get...

June 21, 2012

SBC: The One True Church of the Heterosexual God

I was raised up in the South, home of the One True Church of the...

May 2012

May 02, 2012

The Whys and Whats of God

Her boy was 14 when he was killed in an accident. He grabbed for a...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

A Theological Discussion with Siri

Siri has become one of my most constant companions since I set out on this...

April 14, 2012

I know Miracle

I already know miracle. L'Engle I came across those words this morning in my readings....

April 09, 2012

In the Presence of God

Editor's note: I'm traveling this week -- Springfield City Hall @ 11 a.m. on Monday...

March 2012

March 06, 2012

Train Wrecked Lives

The western sun eased into the Pacific Ocean shortly after 4:15 p.m. By the time...

March 05, 2012

A Day for the Animals

Story & Photos by Shelby Dee It started out with frustration. My car wouldn’t go....

February 2012

February 22, 2012

A Muslim in the White House: Oh!My!

Let's just say that FOXNews is right: What if President Obama isn't really the...

February 19, 2012

This perfect world of ours

We do not live in a perfect world where everyone agrees and shares the same...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Magic Genie God

Jessica Ahlquist stopped believing in God at age 10. Now 16, the New York Times...

January 23, 2012

We are the stillness & the music

by Shelby Dee I used to attend Theology on Tap in a big city with...

January 08, 2012

Triplets, Curses & other Garden Tales

The Gardener Nobody drives fast by her house. Everyone slows down to gawk. Some...

January 04, 2012

Not a tool of God

I never know what to say when they say it to me. Usually I...

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