“in beauty there echoes a spark of our source” – Sleeping At Last, “Bad Blood” Samuel prepared a table for David, afraid. A table of anointing in the presence of jealousy and danger becomes well-worn poetry. “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.” The bread has been baked, the grapes…
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Caris Adel
Did I Think About Staying?
give me the heart of an archeologist, that I may dig until I prove that I exist. a subterranean cathedral in my midst, where echoes come to rest. where echoes come to rest. is this where echoes come to rest? -Sleeping At Last A year ago I said leaving Evangelicalism probably wasn’t the answer…
If I Don’t See You As My Equal
(This is the third installment of a roving monthly synchroblog called “The Spirit of the Poor” that explore the intersections of economic justice, lifestyle change and spiritual wholeness. Check out all the posts from last month here. This month we’re talking about Affirming the Humanity. We’d love for you to join the conversation. The link-up will be open…
The Lectionary and a Legacy; A Letter To Myself
“Maybe it’s true that we are all descended from the restless, the nervous, the criminals, the arguers and brawlers, but also the brave and independent and generous.” – Steinbeck The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany What gaping wounds have you inherited? What stories have been scabbed over? What secrets do the scars hold?…
A Tender Thaw
I’m guest posting for my friend Kelly today on coming alive and how painful it can be. Here’s a little snippet (and also why I bawled through Frozen). Be honest. Be vulnerable. It’s home group, small group, community group, so it’s safe here. This is how you build strong friendships. Real community, the…
How IHOP Made Me Hate God
It’s all so tangled. It’s the bordering on financial ruin, the taking ‘handouts’ from the state, but being ignored by the church. It’s a marriage flirting with collapse and being told not to discuss it. It’s so hard to sort out what is human incompetence, personality differences, normal conflicts in relationships, and spiritual abuse, damaging…
One Word 2014
Darkness. I’m not sure exactly why. It actually came about in a slightly prophetic way, which freaks me out, because I am just so burnt out on that kind of stuff. Someone had a word, and it resonated. And then I got an anonymous postcard in the mail that completely fits me. So…darkness it is. …
Year in Review: 2013
This year has been one of exploring, and facing down fears, and claiming my truths. As I was looking back over the year, I was going to mention the couple of months that were really hard, and then realized those months were Febuary-October. Sooo…… most of the year was really hard and stressful. These last…
Things Regarding the Peace – An Artistic Meditation for Advent
“Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace” What does it mean for us to anticipate the arrival of the Prince of Peace? How do we think of peace in light of our not-peaceful world? How can Christmas be just as relevant for us today as it was 2,000 years ago?
Choosing Ritual and Religion to Find Relationship
Why an Episcopal Church, some people have asked me, and the simple answer is ‘because of Madeleine L’Engle’. But the actual answer involves Lauren Winner, Phyllis Tickle, Sara Miles, and Barbara Brown Taylor, a messy year, random Twitter conversations, and a blog post by a Pentecostal preacher. How can I describe what reading books and seeing a…