In my twenties, I belonged to a group of church women who busted every negative stereotype of the ‘church-lady’. Rather than gossiping, they grabbed hold of the gospel and chose to live by it every single day. Instead of criticizing others, these ladies circled up and prayed mightily. They equipped our group with biblical knowledge,ContinueContinue reading “Holy Trinity: Unity”
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Hidden Agendas: Community
Certainty.Control.Individualism.Independence.Polarity.Popularity. These words generally capture the essence of our current American culture. They work together to give definition for what Americans desire, value, and live out most. Curiosity.Surrender.Unity.Dependence.Like-mindedness.Love. These words characterize God’s Kingdom. They work together to describe a community that pursues the best for the whole and for their King. What’s wild to meContinueContinue reading “Hidden Agendas: Community”
True Belonging: Abide
Like every good Methodist teen in the 80s, I attended MYF every Wednesday night. After a hamburger dinner in Fellowship Hall, we’d traipse upstairs to our set apart room full of couches and quippy posters with snow-capped mountains and settle in with acoustic worship. One particular song that I recall with great fondness, probably becauseContinueContinue reading “True Belonging: Abide”
Journey of Joy: Week Nine — Meeting People
In the weeks leading up to my second trip to the Holy Land, I had several people encourage me to focus not only on the dead stones, all the holy sites, but to look upon the living stones, the people who live there, as well. Knowing this trip would be different than my first becauseContinueContinue reading “Journey of Joy: Week Nine — Meeting People”