…telling the truth about life and grace. You are not alone, friend.
Lord God, we see the pain around us—the rage rightly boiling over, from and on behalf of the oppressed. We confess our participation within this system, our willful ignorance of suffering and injustice, our indifference to the pain we see that does not affect us, the reticence to see the ways in which we are …
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Hey, friends! So in this weird season of minimal structure besides “stay in your house whenever possible,” my lifeline has been chats with friends about all the things—how we’re feeling, what we’re doing, how we’re staying sane (I mean IF)… Good times. Anyway, I figured maybe I wasn’t the only one surviving more on stories …
I fought writing this for weeks. Can I say this? Am I being pretentious, talking about the Big Things like I am any kind of expert?
But also in the back of my mind, the reality: it is my privilege as a white person that even gives me the option to NOT discuss it.
Hi. So… Election 2016 is over. (Hooray!) It’s been over for mere hours and already, I’ve seen posts from friends—people that I like—saying things like “I guess God still loves America!” and “Thank you, Jesus, we won!” Let’s talk about this for a second. God still rules. Jesus (not Trump) is still the Savior. When we position Trump …
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A long time ago (probably just past a decade now), we were in a group of mostly-college-aged mostly-singles from our church. In this group (as frequently happens), a boy and a girl started to date. They were perfect together. Beaming. He proposed. The engagement lasted only long enough to put a simple wedding together. Its …
I voted today. I VOTED TODAY. Do you guys know what that means? I can ignore any and every post on the election for the next couple weeks. Hallelujah. It also means that my one small piece of influence over this whole embarrassing, ugly train wreck of an election has been utilized and it’s fully out …
(It’s a web. Hahaha… hilarious.) In defense of social media? Who the heck do I think I am? Yeah. Facebook totally needs me to stand up for it. At any rate… Social media gets a lot of negative press lately. (Ironically, most of this is shared via said media, but whatever.) It causes comparison leading to discontentment. …
Um, guys? We need to talk. Since the attacks on Paris last week, I’ve seen an alarming amount of talk about refugees-in-quotation-marks. How we can’t let “those people” in or “they” will wreak the same kind of havoc here. In my circles, this opinion is being voiced by a minority, which is good. But that …
grace enough 