If you didn’t know, there has been controversy on the internet this week, imagine that! Once again, it centers on women and submission. Two opposing views on what it means to be male and female have collided. The fundamental issue at hand is something that permeates our churches, and needs to change. The framework we…
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Spirituality
Music Monday – Jesus Is Not A Bridge
He Was Her Story, He Was Her Song
This is my story, This is my song, Praising my Savior, All the day long I remember my grandma playing the organ, and the piano, at one of those little ‘on the prairie’ type of churches. Surrounded by corn fields and hog farms. We visited all throughout my childhood, and for a couple of years…
10 (+2) Books on Art and Writing
These books are basically in order from my favorite to the not-quite-favorites…the middle is kind of all jumbled and they’re about equal weight. I don’t have much to say about them individually. All of these are books that are beautiful to read, inspiring, and informative. 1. Walking on Water Hands down my most favorite…
Grace In the Darkness
Grace and justice feel like opposites. Justice punishes the evildoer, and grace lets them get away with it, under the guise of love. Or so it seems. So it’s understandable in a case like Jerry Sandusky’s (because he’s a case now, not a person), that people would all lean hard towards justice. It’s hard to…
Reality-Show Faith Unmasked
I don’t know if you’ve heard the news….but reality shows aren’t real. The latest disappointment (seriously, I was bummed) was House Hunters. Pretending to look at house? Searching, but already decided? And here I thought all of that agonizing and arguing was real. Just like HGTV has sold us fakery disguised as truth, so…
A Modern Wandering In the Desert
Links for the Weekend
A smattering of links I’ve bookmarked because they were interesting, entertaining, or otherwise worth a read. These are links to all the posts I’ve tweeted about (and therefore are my favorites) because of #mutuality2012 this week. Much thanks to Rachel for heading this all up. I have learned so much and been so inspired from…
5 Kids Do Not a Quiet Time Make
The kids are all in their rooms or quietly playing outside, the daily after-lunch quiet time attempting to get underway. I sit at my desk, opening my prayer book, wanting connection and peace before I begin to write. I get one sentence in. O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the…
can we have an honest journey?
Why do I even care about spiritual journeys and how the church is using this analogy? Why bother detailing the specific issues I have with how the church guides you towards maturity? Is it just because I want something that makes me feel good? It’s not that I don’t like the idea of journey for…