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January 2014

January 28, 2014

Invitation: One Word for 2014

There’s a scene in my book where I’m praying with my spiritual director, Debby....

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Light Your Candles Quietly: Keeping Advent with Mary, Vol. 3 (A Repost)

Note: This was first published last Advent, following the shootings in Newtown... Vol. 3 -...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

One Good Phrase: Katie Noah Gibson (With all kinds of doubts)

I first bonded with Katie Noah Gibson over our similar lives, both West Texas girls...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

My Chalkboard: Sandra McCracken

From Sandra McCracken's beautiful new album Desire Like Dynamite. I sang this song ("Go") in my...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

Light Your Candles Quietly: Keeping Advent with Mary, Vol. 3

Vol. 3 - Defiantly Demanding Redemption “In sober fact there is little romance or beauty...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

Conversations with Ourselves

Today I have the honor of guest posting at Preston Yancey's blog in his series...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Lament and Faith and Childhood: Why my kid and I read the sad Psalms

A year and a half ago, when my son first dreamed that a walrus (yes,...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

Andrea Palpant Dilley: Doubt, Flat Tires and the Goodness of God

I first noticed Andrea Palpant Dilley when she shared her testimony in front of our...

April 11, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Do not disappoint me…

"When the decision is made that novices are to be accepted, then they come before...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

To Lose Faith is to Stop Looking

“To lose faith is to stop looking. To lose faith is to decide that all...

June 2011

June 16, 2011

Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

We sang this hymn this past Sunday. I love these words. I can't sing it...

May 2011

May 03, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Mystery and the Rally to Restore Unity

If you haven’t heard, Rachel Held Evans has officially declared this week the Rally to...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

On Mary: Faith and Doubt

Whenever I spend time reading the biblical story of Mary, the mother of Christ, I...

December 08, 2010

“Come now, let us argue it out…”

That’s the New Reformed Standard Version of Isaiah 1:18. If you’ve read (or heard) this...

August 2010

August 04, 2010

The Hope of Evolution: A Review of Evolving in Monkey Town by Rachel Held Evans

Over the past couple of weeks, whenever I saw the cover of Rachel Held Evans'...

July 2010

July 06, 2010

Thankful Tuesday Ramblings

It’s Thankful Tuesday! Sometimes on Thankful Tuesday I list everything I’m grateful for. Sometimes I...

June 2010

June 07, 2010

Staying Power

Yes, fellow poet nerds: I've found a new poem for the month of June. I've...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

An Invitation to Believe

I mentioned briefly last week that I’ve begun meeting with a spiritual director, the concept...

May 17, 2010

Ascension Day

“To embrace the Ascension is to heave a sigh of relief, to give up the...

April 2010

April 26, 2010

How the words fall in.

A disciple asks the Rabbi, “Why does the Torah tell us to ‘place these words...

April 07, 2010

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

When I first began to follow the seasons of the Church, I was surprised to...