Twenty years old. I'm curled up in a ball on the floor in the Intervarsity Student Office, a hole in the wall in the basement of my campus student union building. The carpet smells like spilled coffee … [Read more...] about I’ll Write My Way Out
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Beauty and the Gays
I didn't want to write about Beauty and the Beast and the gays. I've been trying to ignore all the back and forth, the angry evangelicals, the angry liberals, the snarky commentary, the Twitter … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Gays
Thoughts on a Less Aggressive Death to Self
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Paul, Romans 6:3 Have you ever felt a toddler fall asleep while you were holding her? It still … [Read more...] about Thoughts on a Less Aggressive Death to Self
But Mary Stood Weeping
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. John 20:11 Everyone went home. But Mary didn't go back to her home like the other disciples did, after they saw that the graveyard had been dug up … [Read more...] about But Mary Stood Weeping
A Feminist Advent (Or: That’s What Advent Always Is)
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me … [Read more...] about A Feminist Advent (Or: That’s What Advent Always Is)
Weighing Sacredness
And the weight of glory, if you held it in your hand It would pass right through you So now's your chance - Caedmon’s Call ------ “Only two things that are here on earth now are going to heaven with … [Read more...] about Weighing Sacredness
Dearest, dearest evangelicals
Dearest evangelicals, I love you so damn much. You taught me how to love Jesus like a Person, how to pray to God as if God is as close as my breath, how to remember Scripture better than I remember … [Read more...] about Dearest, dearest evangelicals
When I Kept Silent
"Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young!” I used to work as a chaplain at an elderly residential facility and rehab hospital in Atlanta. I was there on … [Read more...] about When I Kept Silent