I hope it goes without saying, but when you spend 33+ years being white, in white culture, spending only a couple of years learning about race is a drop in the bucket. But after having a few different conversations over the past few weeks, my journey so far has been swirling around in my head and I wanted…
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Paralyzed by the Slash
I’m feeling paralyzed. There was an article the other day by Rachel Pieh Jones, asking ‘where are they? A significant challenge for nonprofits and ministries remains recruiting people who will commit to serve long-term outside the United States.” I know where they are. They’re listening to everyone else who is telling them not to have…
Smaller Than A Mustard Seed
It’s Sunday Morning – Time To Wake Up, God
My story is rooted in whispers, conversations behind closed doors, arguments, struggles, isolation, and above all, a certainty that there is only one right way to be a real Christian. My parents came of age in the Shepherding movement, which resulted in their arranged marriage. We stayed in that church until I was 10,…
Reflections on Les Miserables, Christians, and Movies
It’s a movie about a society that turns it’s backs on people. A society that goes along with unjust laws. A society that doesn’t recognize names. Only numbers and their papers. It’s a society that makes it’s own movies because they’ve turned their back on people. A society that demeans and ridicules an entire…
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…
A Sh–ty Grace
I have a new favorite visualization of what grace is. Actually, I don’t know that I ever actually had a favorite visualization before. In the past, whenever I thought about grace, it was usually to picture beautiful things co-existing with dirty things. A beautiful flower rising out of a compost heap. Two friends hugging and…