instead of re-creating the wheel, i thought i’d just pass on a few other posts from the refuge and the collage workshop i went to this past weekend. the refuge post is about some of the marks of authentic community & some of the things we are passionate about. you can check it out here. jenny […]
Read Morewhen one of us hurts, we all hurt
“there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – elie wiesel this past weekend i finished reading a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini. whoa. i had read the kite runner and seen the movie over christmas. both of them were […]
Read Morethe power of the ordinary
this past week i stumbled on a quote at my friend makeesha’s blog by shane claiborne (one of my favorite voices for change in the kingdom of God). claiborne said”: “get ready, people, God has prepared you for something really, really small!” oh i know that will really get the goats of so many people who […]
Read Moremore than the mess
the picture on the left are cups are on my bathroom counter. and no, they’re not for some science experiment i’m doing with my kids. they’ve been there for over a week. jose has been seeing how many days it will take before i actually do something about them and the funny thing is that […]
Read Morepraying when you can't find your prayer beads or have taken the word "quiet time" out of your vocabulary
i am not a big pray-er in the traditional sense. i don’t spend specific time every day dedicated to prayer. i don’t call on God on behalf of people in a specific way using certain words. i don’t have a “quiet time” at the same time, in the same way, in the same place like i used to years […]
Read Morehow one parenthetical phrase could change so much
certainty. i miss the days where i was certain, where things were black and white, where i knew the answer “because the Bible says so” and that felt like enough. i can’t tell you the number of times i pulled the card “this is what the Bible says about x, y, or z and so […]
Read Morethe beauty and pain of pot-making
and for all you naughties out there who only saw the title & not the picture, i’m talking about pots that potters make out of clay! yesterday i went to the spiritual direction 3 hour retreat that the refuge hosted at jenny’s house. my friend debbie swanson, who is a spiritual director, facilitated. i loved the […]
Read Morethe flogging machine
a friend emailed me yesterday and told me she had been hanging out in the flogging machine. in my earlier post i referred to it, but i realized that my friends from the refuge and some others may know what i am talking about but others might not have any idea what it means. i did […]
Read Morea cup of cold water
jose and i just got back from portland. we went to hang out for the weekend with our friends deborah & ken loyd. oh, it was good for my soul. i was encouraged. reminded that this is work worth doing. challenged. humbled. these guys are the real deal and we left feeling more loved, less lonely, which […]
Read Moremoving mountains
wednesday night at our house of refuge sage facilitated a really cool thing on prayer beads (more on that next week with some pictures, too!). he ended our conversation with an excerpt from one of martin luther king’s sermons. man it was good! so inspiring and so interesting that 40 years later (this speech was […]
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