Season 2 of the PreacHer Podcast is here and it’s going to be awesome! Also, more exciting news! As you know, I’ve been writing and speaking and teaching for many years, and earlier this year I …
I Love You Like I Love Myself
Turn to a neighbor, look them in the eye, and say “I love you like I love myself.” That was my friend Tabatha Jones Jolivet's instruction to us before she spoke on the second day of Why Christian …
Leaving Church: What I’m Learning (Part Two)
“Come and help us learn to be the people of God in the neighborhood where we find ourselves.” That was the call. Last month I shared here about my departure from paid congregational ministry. …
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So. Much. Gratitude.
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 …
Bad Kids and Old Ladies
"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 …
Missional Hospitality: A Beautiful Emptying
"...if the church is Jesus’s beloved bride, his partner and mate in this journey, I have to wonder … who are the people we should be eating with, talking with, and showing kindness to? What is God up …
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