i don’t know if i’ve mentioned it lately (okay, so, it’s been a year since i’ve mentioned anything at all on this blog), but my job has expanded into the communications world at church. i’m digging it, loving the people i get to work with, enjoying the creativity of the work. it affords me an [...]
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to what end?
Posted in church, god, job on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
gospel
Posted in books, friends, god on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
we were out with a couple friends last night, having drinks at a rooftop bar and starting up at the stars when the guy we were with asked us, “how do you explain the gospel? how do you tell students what it is?” jon sighed, leaned back in his chair and said, “it’s different than [...]
acting.
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 [...]
carpe diem.
Posted in god, tagged god on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
dreaming & ideas
Posted in books, church, god, tagged dreams on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
the missional church
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 [...]
if following Him is potential failure …
Posted in god on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
praise the lord.
Posted in god, tagged age, eugene peterson, over the rhine, play, questions on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
