Sensual Orthodoxy by Debbie Blue
Several YCWs had read and recommended her. I loved From Stones to Living Word and this one’s good too. To call her take on the scripture “fresh” is a cliche that is not worthy of her. She is Barbara Brown Taylor for the next generation, and reading her stuff humbles me […]

1. R is away this weekend for his sister’s high school graduation. When his other sister graduated two years ago, we were all able to drive there and make a vacation of it, but C is in school now! It was too steep for us all to fly so this is a weekend away for […]

After many years of blogging here, and having writing appear here, there and all over the place, I am finally setting up a blog and website under my own name. As I continue to write for church publications, lead workshops and conferences, and the like, I’ve felt the need for a place to refer people […]

The author of this children’s book is a friend of mine from college and is truly one of the most interesting people I’ve ever known. He’s a computer programmer who doesn’t own a smartphone and has never used Facebook. He’s a Presbyterian who lives in Austin and makes his own shoes. When the motor on […]

I’ve written a lot of stuff about LOST on Facebook, much of which is idle prattle about what I think’s going to happen… but something happened on last night’s episode (What They Died For) that I wanted to write down to remember. (spoilers)
Last night Jack became the new Jacob. Not a huge surprise, although way […]

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Rachel Remen said, “I have no answers, but I have a lot of questions, and those questions have helped me to live better than any answers I might find.” LOSTies, that quote will get you through the next two weeks. Embrace the mystery…
On J’s report from day care: she checked the […]

I had a great time at Preacher Camp. As one of the group put it, “This is church for me.” It’s sad that we don’t get to attend church more than once a year, but we try to soak up all the community and support we can in that one short week (plus intermittent e-mail […]

I’m off to Preacher Camp later today—the kids took turns being sick this week but I think we got them all well for next week. Immeasurable gratitude to R, who bears all of this with a smile and nary a word of complaint.
I’ve had a backlog of stuff, mainly related to little she-who-is, that I […]