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31 Days (October), Grace, Personal, Shame Posted onOctober 9, 2015November 14, 2015

My “aha” moment

I’ve written about watching Brene Brown’s TEDx talk on “The Power of Vulnerability”. This is the part that blew my mind: Wait what?!?!? They just […] Read More

31 Days (October), Church, Faith, Shame, Vulnerability Posted onOctober 8, 2015November 14, 2015

Light and Darkness (and how they fit with vulnerability and shame)

I love the concepts of “light” and “darkness” and they are strewn all over the Bible. John in particular uses these metaphors. Here’s a few […] Read More

31 Days (October), Faith, Shame Posted onOctober 7, 2015November 14, 2015

Shame enters the world

Take a look at this: “Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.” [emphasis mine] (Genesis 2:25, NLT) “At […] Read More

Church, Faith, Personal Posted onFebruary 9, 2015

Healing does not equal a cure

I was listening to a talk by Rachel Held Evans last week. Near the end of her talk she spoke about the difference between healing […] Read More

Church, Faith, Personal Posted onJanuary 30, 2015February 6, 2015

How are we transformed?

I’ve been thinking about how we are changed. I am a very different person from who I was in high school. But how did I […] Read More

Faith, Family, Personal Posted onJanuary 29, 2015

Leaning into trust

I find trust to be somewhat ambiguous. It’s hard to nail down. One minute I’m feeling fine and secure, the next I’m anxious and catastrophizing. […] Read More

Church, Faith, Personal Posted onNovember 25, 2014

Refusing to Dance

I stumbled across the Momastery blog over a year ago. I love reading & listening to Glennon. Grace is such a big part of what […] Read More

Church, Faith, Personal Posted onMay 16, 2014

Not Enough?

A copy of “Living Light News” showed up in my mailbox last week.  It’s a Christian publication that comes around a couple of times a […] Read More

Faith, Personal Posted onDecember 20, 2013

The Parable of the Hired Hand

I’ve been looking at the parable of the prodigal son in a new way lately (Luke 15:11-32).  I think it’s more a parable of the […] Read More

Church, Faith, Personal Posted onDecember 12, 2013

More than jars of clay

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 1 Corinthians 4:7 […] Read More

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