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Stop Absolving God [Lent]

February 21, 2018 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good. - … [Read more...] about Stop Absolving God [Lent]

Lavender for Lent [Ash Wednesday]

February 14, 2018 by Laura Jean 3 Comments

Create in me a clean heart, O God. - Psalm 51 - The Lord will fight for you. You need only to be still. - Exodus 14:1 - Love the Lord your God... and love your neighbor... all the Law and the … [Read more...] about Lavender for Lent [Ash Wednesday]

Deconstruction, Disorientation, and Brueggemann’s Psalms

February 8, 2018 by Laura Jean 5 Comments

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away. - Ecclesiastes 3:1,5 - I still have … [Read more...] about Deconstruction, Disorientation, and Brueggemann’s Psalms

Bushwhacking the Bible

January 31, 2018 by Laura Jean 5 Comments

Sometimes I forget to read my Bible. There is probably baggage from Evangelical Land there. Having a "quiet time" was really the holiest thing you could do (besides not dating), which means that … [Read more...] about Bushwhacking the Bible

When Queer Christians Doubt

January 17, 2018 by Laura Jean 15 Comments

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. - Isaiah 40 - For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been … [Read more...] about When Queer Christians Doubt

My Eyes Fail, Looking for My God

January 8, 2018 by Laura Jean 4 Comments

Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling … [Read more...] about My Eyes Fail, Looking for My God

That Time Between Christmas and New Years

December 28, 2017 by Laura Jean 5 Comments

I've dumped all my junk on the spiritual desk. I vowed to keep this desk clean and spacious, set aside and sacred, so that I can escape there to clear my head and find silence. Today, I've emptied my … [Read more...] about That Time Between Christmas and New Years

Mary Consoles Eve: Two Voices [Advent]

December 11, 2017 by Laura Jean 1 Comment

"Mary Consoles Eve" Sr. Grace Remington Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Today, I'm co-blogging with a seminary friend and local pastor, Karen Slappey, about the painting "Eve Consoles Mary," an … [Read more...] about Mary Consoles Eve: Two Voices [Advent]

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

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