Posted in church, friends, god, tagged church, emotion, friends, god, meetings on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
in elementary school, my teachers noted that i had good stage presence. i agreed. i was comfortable in front of an audience and considered myself a promising actress. in third grade, i had the role of the magic lamp in the aptly titled musical, “the magic lamp.” but while i had the biggest role, i [...]
Posted in church, people on June 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
one of the challenges that presents itself when you’re working at a church is that it’s really difficult to let your flaws be seen by other people. regular old office people expect that you’re flawed and embrace it — which i’m not necessarily saying is good, but it’s sometimes much easier.
for example, at my old job, i [...]
Posted in books, church, god, tagged dreams on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
i love ideas. i’m not sure if i ever loved ideas before, but i really love them now. i married a man who’s as giddy as a schoolboy when we talk about ideas; he holds on to them like kite strings, enjoying them when they catch a breeze and fly higher, and then reeling them in [...]
Posted in books, church, tagged dreams, emergent church, hospitality, welcome on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
i have a shelf of books in my office that all deal with the same subject. i’m sure that i could quite easily sum up all that these writers had to say in a brief, 5-page essay. but then, of course, the clever cover illustrators wouldn’t have made a dime, and the authors would have [...]
Posted in church, tagged blogs on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
i found this today. i really like her, whoever she is.
Posted in church, tagged church, dreams on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
a few months ago, my husband and i were taking a walk before dinner at the avenue bar on the city’s eastside. we strolled past the recently closed fyfe’s corner bistro, peeking inside the windows to catch a glimpse of the restaurant we’d heard so much about but would never get to enjoy. and that’s [...]
Posted in church, tagged church, fun on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
i know it’s been out for awhile, but it’s only just caught my eye now.
imagine if you could create the church you wanted, any way you wanted. wow! think of all the possibilties:
hire and fire staff
deal with idiots, naive volunteers, and denominational egos
earn points with god by winning souls for christ.
write a mission statement
choose a [...]
Posted in books, church, god, tagged church, rick mckinley, shane claiborne on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
this morning, i tuned into my first-ever webinar featuring rick mckinley, the pastor at imago dei. the topic was the externally-focused church: breaking into the kingdom. i’m so grateful i took part in it.
two colleagues joined me, and between the three of us, we cried and laughed and threw out some “amens,” though not one [...]
Posted in church, tagged celebration, chicago friends, church on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
so i guess that’s why i’m writing. not that i wasn’t looking for an excuse to detach from work today. i’m feeling pretty exhausted from a full day yesterday - early morning corporate prayer, work, and a baby shower. i ended the night with a thick slice of banana bread, several scoops of chocolate almond [...]
Posted in church, tagged church, glory on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jesus, I want to be with You. Working for church is maybe the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I feel like I’m failing all the time, like I’m not good enough or welcoming enough. Like I goof up every conversation and overstep my boundaries. For every step forward, I feel like I’m taking three gigantic [...]
