The other day I texted a positive comment to a good friend I haven’t seen in awhile. She immediately texted back, and her response made my brain trip over itself for a moment. You know those moments where someone says something simple that unlocks a …
In my last post, I raised two key questions for the church. Today, I will be continuing with question 2, but turning the inquiry inward: Where has the church perpetrated indoctrination inside the church? I really wanted to find a way to make,”Christical” or “Let’s …
My pastor started a series on postchristian culture, which is a truly fascinating catalyst for discussion. (Or perhaps a blog series?) Wikipedia defines postchristianity as: “[T]he loss of the primacy of the Christian worldview in public affairs, especially in the Western world where Christianity had …
Does anyone else feel like they are looping through the Covid version of the stages of grief? When it first started, I was in denial. I naively believed that at the other end of that three-month long quarantine rainbow, I’d be able to return to …
I’m noticing a disturbing trend as I allow God to dismantle and rearrange the Christianity I grew up with. I was talking with friends last night- the cumulative venting of parenting, faith and our current versions of isolation. My friend and I lamented that as …
At thirty-three years old, I feel like I’m “unlearning” as much as I’m learning. It’s no secret that I live and breathe in the gray- I’m repelled by answers that leave no margin for questions, exceptions, or error. Social media overwhelms me with its sea …
Have you ever been a hater of perfectly nice strangers? I recently watched an online Christian conference where Sadie Robertson (Huff) shared a heartfelt Bible message. Afterwards, the conference facilitator said that a girl [like Sadie] doesn’t “turn out like this by accident”; he praised …
The church is a powerful, God-designed agent of His Kingdom on earth. When the body of Christ responds in fullness of sacrificial surrender to God and others, the church is the catalyst for the fruit of the Spirit made manifest within creation. Yet the church …
As a “pastor’s kid” for most of my life, I was bubble wrapped pretty snugly in protestant church culture long before I could say “Bible”. In many ways my childhood was idyllic, and I’m grateful for the foundation laid then that started me on a …
I have a confession: Sunday morning, after my usual slow moving, coffee and protein bite, I only lasted about 30 minutes into the morning before engaging in an argument with one of my kids. I mean, he was certainly wrong. But so was my reaction. …