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“I’m Here Because of Her:” Rachel Held Evans

May 5, 2019 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

This feels impossibly hard. I cried and scrolled through Twitter all day yesterday. Rachel was our pastor, but our church didn't have a building that we can go to to be together. She gathered … [Read more...] about “I’m Here Because of Her:” Rachel Held Evans

Giving Up Words for Lent: Ashes, Flesh, and Our Embodied God

March 16, 2019 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

I have never really been comfortable in my body. I'm much more comfortable with words. There's a cardboard box of old journals in my closet, eighteen years worth of words spilled out of my brain … [Read more...] about Giving Up Words for Lent: Ashes, Flesh, and Our Embodied God

Missed Me? Find Me On Patheos (And Around!)

February 20, 2019 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

Hi, Beloveds, I hope life is treating you all well! Some of you have noticed a dip in my writing on my personal blog this year - welp, I am still writing oodles and oodles, but I'm scattered across … [Read more...] about Missed Me? Find Me On Patheos (And Around!)

Cast Out from the Presence: Psalms of Lament

January 17, 2019 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

All this came upon us,     though we had not forgotten you!     We had not been false to your covenant. Our hearts had not turned back;     our feet had not strayed from your path. But you … [Read more...] about Cast Out from the Presence: Psalms of Lament

Prophets and Artists and Those Who Bear Witness

December 5, 2018 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the … [Read more...] about Prophets and Artists and Those Who Bear Witness

Homemaking, Joy, and the Ominous, Ever Present “Shoulds”

October 31, 2018 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

All I'm thinking about these days is homemaking in my first all-alone studio apartment. The happiness feels crackly, like my fingers are sparkling with energy. Last week I was driving to a date, … [Read more...] about Homemaking, Joy, and the Ominous, Ever Present “Shoulds”

To My Closeted Beloveds: Coming Out (To God)

October 11, 2018 by Laura Jean 6 Comments

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help; He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He brought me out into a spacious place; he … [Read more...] about To My Closeted Beloveds: Coming Out (To God)

Evil With Its Mask Off (This Kind Only Comes Out By Prayer and Fasting)

October 4, 2018 by Laura Jean 3 Comments

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” I wrote this piece the week that the president made fun of … [Read more...] about Evil With Its Mask Off (This Kind Only Comes Out By Prayer and Fasting)

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Laura Jean is an Atlanta based writer, itinerant chaplain, and amateur mystic. She lives and writes in the in-between places of queerness, loving Jesus, and rediscovering the Bible after fundamentalism.

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