this post is part of a synchroblog (a group of bloggers writing on the same topic at the same time. check out their links at the bottom of this post) put together by my blog-friend-on-the-journey glenn hager. the topic is called the revolutionaries synchroblog and you can read more about it here, but the basic […]
Read Moretoday is a new day
today is a new day. you can start fresh, wipe the slate clean and begin again. that’s the first statement on this really lovely poster i have at my house that jen lemen created for cool people care. i bought it for a few friends last fall. i framed one for me, too, and i look at […]
Read Morethe shack
lots of people have been reading the shack these days, especially those in blogland where word is on the street. what i am finding, though, is many people have never heard of it. it hasn’t made its way into the mainstream yet, but i definitely have a sense that its on its way there. i am […]
Read Morethe tortoise and the hare
remember this aesop’s fable? with five kids i have read my share over the years…the stories are really timeless and profound in more ways than one. a few weeks ago the story of the tortoise and the hare came back onto my scan, and i have been thinking about it a lot. at our house of refuge […]
Read Morefriday-saturday-sunday living
for the past few weeks at the refuge we have been walking through the days of easter weekend. we put ourselves in the cycle of these three days, starting with friday–the night Jesus was crucified–with a look at death. then we moved to saturday, the day after, when the sorrow, shock, and lament at […]
Read Morea community where men cry
i am not into talking that much about the differences between men and women. in fact, i rarely, if ever, do because i just lean on the bottom line, that we are human beings and both essentially need the same things. yes, of course inside we might be wired a little differently emotionally, but i hate the […]
Read Morewhy prepositions matter
my friends know a lot about incarnational relationships. in the trenches at milehigh ministries, they are passionate about all the same stuff i am. a few weeks ago they facilitated our sunday refuge gathering and shared about the spiritual discipline of incarnational relationships. the official word in the richard foster books would be “service and […]
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 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 […]
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