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May 2017

May 28, 2017

No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Precious few of us will ever receive an invitation to travel for free to the...

May 21, 2017

Jerusalem Day 2017

This Tuesday evening at sundown, the Jewish community will commemorate Jerusalem Day - the 50th...

May 17, 2017

Shavuot, Pentecost: To Learn, To Try, To Eat

Shavuot begins at sundown on Tuesday, May 30th. Click here for a 5-minute guide to the...

May 15, 2017

What Does “Rejoice In The Lord” Mean?

Not long ago, an acquaintance asked me how I was doing. She knows my husband...

May 02, 2017

Farewelling well

Many Evangelicals were shocked to hear that one of their own, broadcaster Hank Hanegraff, host...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

It’s Still Easter: One Thing To Learn, One To Taste

It's the Wednesday after Easter. All the decent candy (chocolate bunnies and Starburst jelly beans)...

April 17, 2017

Is It Possible To Think For Ourselves AND Pursue Spiritual Community?

At one end of the spectrum, we have the language of the Benedict Option, which...

April 08, 2017

Yes, Seders Are For Christians*

Yes, Seders are for Christians. The asterisk in the title above Last week's guest opinion piece...

April 06, 2017

Passover: One Thing To Try, One Thing To Taste

Passover is largely about Egypt; Easter is largely about Passover. - Rabbi Ismar Schorsch To...

March 2017

March 25, 2017

Review: Of Stillness And Storm

My husband and I once had a pastor whose wife had never signed on with...

March 19, 2017

Reflection: The Sound of a Million Dreams

A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?...

March 07, 2017

Touch Not The Lord’s Anointed?

Those who’ve attended a spiritually-abusive church have more than likely heard some version of a...

March 05, 2017

6 Things Christians Can Do Right Now To Combat Anti-Semitism

A few days ago, I wrote about the relative silence by Evangelical leaders in regards...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Evangelical Leaders, I’m Listening…

...but it seems to be a little quiet regarding a subject filling the headlines lately....

February 20, 2017

Protips: How To Be Ill While Adulting

For some, a marker they've reached adulthood can come in the form of signing a...

February 16, 2017

Adult Baptism & Instruction

Is instruction in order to prepare for baptism a requirement in your church? If so,...

February 06, 2017

Sykes, Eliason, And the Hard Work Of Regret

This past weekend, I heard an expression of regret from a man who had shaped...

February 01, 2017

Evangelicalism’s Uneasy Relationship With Qohelet

The world-weary author(s) of Ecclesiastes seems to have been well-acquainted with privilege and power. This...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

What Are You Reading? January 2017 Edition

One of my go-to questions of both friends and new acquaintances is, "What are you...

January 10, 2017

Three Gifts of Women’s Ministry

Last week in this space, I wrote about a flawed Proverbs 31-focused approach one congregation...

January 04, 2017

Epiphany: One Thing To Learn, One Thing To Taste

It's still Christmas. Yes, I know. The sparkly decor that looked so welcome in early...

January 03, 2017

Learning to Write in Pencil

For the first 56 years of my life, I welcomed each new year with a...

January 02, 2017

Designing Women’s Ministry

The new women’s ministry director invited all adult women to a brainstorming meeting. “We want...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

2016, You’ve Been A Handful

This year is being dubbed a true annus horribilis (year of disaster) by many. I'll...

December 12, 2016

“Chrismukkah”: 1 thing to learn, 1 thing to taste

So many people are interested in being more intentional about learning about the Jewish and...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Advent: 1 thing to try, 1 thing to taste

So many people are interested in being more intentional about learning about the Jewish and...

November 21, 2016

Lullaby Playlist

For the last few years, my husband and I have watched our grandsons Gabriel and...

November 17, 2016

The Election and the Pentecostal/Charismatics

According to a 2011 Pew Forum survey, there are twice as many Pentecostal and Charismatic...

November 10, 2016

You’re just in time…

From my most recent newsletter: I watched this week's election returns with one eye on...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Why Does Your Church Worship As It Does?

Much has been made of the longing among some believing Millennials for structure, reverence, and...