February 2020 Video For Patrons
Hello, friends! Here’s the February video for our beloved patrons 🙂
If you haven’t joined our community yet, what are you waiting for??
Hello, friends! Here’s the February video for our beloved patrons 🙂
If you haven’t joined our community yet, what are you waiting for??
And joy. And spoiler alert: they’re related. I spent the first part of the morning at a volunteer training in order to teach art literacy to my 3rd grader’s class next week. We made clay pinch pots and although I spent most of my life saying I wasn’t “artsy,” I’ve learned to lean into and…
Do you struggle to love your neighbor? What if I asked you to stop reading, turn to a stranger nearby and say “I love you like I love myself.” Would you do it? Could you say it honestly? I was asked to do that recently, and —spoiler alert— I couldn’t do it.
Our familiarity sometimes blinds us to things that are out of the ordinary. “Jesus is Coming Soon” is a favorite song among many in my tradition—Churches of Christ. Its cheery, catchy tune matched with lovely harmonies will embed itself in your brain and have you humming it throughout the week. It’s super familiar to me…
“We sang “God Bless America” and believed that God wanted us to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We saw no conflict between capitalism and Christianity, the American dream and the cost of discipleship. Faith was a correct system of beliefs, and religion was defined by where you spent Sunday morning and whether you avoided…
“That kid is bad. And it’s your fault. You’re bad too.” That’s what she said to me, wagging her finger at me and my child. It was a dreary day here in Portland, so after some indoor gym time, the kids and I ran to the store for a few things. It was nearing the…
When faith no longer fits the mold you were given, it can be both freeing and disorienting. In this reflection, I share a friend’s story of reimagining womanhood, work, and faith after leaving behind a version of church that no longer aligned. It’s a story of grief, growth, and rediscovering purpose—and an invitation to ask: What needs reshaping in your own life?