i used to always say “ignorance is bliss”…i don’t believe it’s true, but i do sometimes wish my eyes hadn’t ever opened to the truth and reality of my life […]
Read More“Where’s Jared? You brought him home, right?” We had been home about 20 minutes from a team basketball party at a restaurant and were mindlessly sitting in the living room […]
Read Morei had someone tell me last week that i needed to “get over it.” i need to get over my hurt and pain related to the white, suburban evangelical megachurch […]
Read MoreI am tired of the carnival in my head. I cannot take credit for this thought, my good friend John Nunez tossed it out there in a wacky conversation and […]
Read Morestanding up against disapproval is one of the most difficult things to do when we are “good christian women.” disapproval from others somehow means that we are not doing a […]
Read Morenote 7.25.08: this is from a blog i started last year in 2007 for a group of “ex good christian women” friends. it used to just be a private blog […]
Read MoreChristmas. Everyone responds to this time of year differently. For some, it’s a great season filled with food and family and happy memory-making. For others, it’s a time of dread. […]
Read MoreThe other day I was driving down the road in the lovely suburbs of Arvada and I felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. An old van pulled into […]
Read MoreI am a broken person. I do things I don’t want to do, I struggle with things I think I should be “over” by now, I don’t love the people […]
Read MoreWe’ve been spending the past few weeks talking about community at The Refuge. Everyone who knows me knows I love community. I love relationships. I love people connecting with God […]
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