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 god, tagged god on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
shauna niequist was evidently at our home church this past weekend for a mini-arts conference. shauna is the author of cold tangerines, a book about embracing today (and yes, for as much as my bite-size description has oprah’s book club written all over it, i’ve heard the whole thing is actually quite good, or at [...]
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, 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 god on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Group dynamics intrigue me. Just this morning, I read about new research in group studies that reject the assumption that decisions made in groups are the most well-rounded because they develop out of a variety of opinions and perspectives. The research actually shows that groups rarely invite individuals to bring unique perspectives because of the [...]
Posted in god, tagged age, eugene peterson, over the rhine, play, questions on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
i needed a place to write. in the time i’ve been away from writing, i could have conceived and given birth to a seven pound, three ounce baby girl with curly blonde hair . i didn’t, but i could have. instead, i found a new job, moved out of my apartment, bought a house, and [...]
