If you believe that God is and was always the same, then the time and change captured in the Bible was God revealing himself in a new way to humanity. Which means God could still be unfolding and revealing himself in new ways. It doesn’t mean God is changing. It means humanity is changing.
Read MoreThere are things that come up for me that I have to take a breath and really, intentionally look at because the anger and grief can make me want to just throw it all away. So that’s why I’m not in a rush to “settle.” I know there’s a lot of emotion wrapped up in it all for me and I refuse to just push past it to make myself, or others, more comfortable.
Read MoreThe more “me” I am and the more I allow myself to exist in the way I was created, the closer to God/Spirit/the divine/Love/Wholeness I’ll be.
Read More…they don’t like to call it deconstruction, but disorientation. Because no one chooses this. No one chooses to tear apart everything they’ve ever known. No one chooses to uproot community and relationships and defining beliefs out of nowhere. It just…happens.
Read MoreHumanity isn’t black and white. It’s gray. Yes, there ARE people who are closed-minded and hateful and complicit and should absolutely be called out and brought to justice, but there are also people who are TRYING. There are people dealing with their own traumas and undoing. Who are working to learn, and we have GOT to allow space for them.
Read MoreI like things. I want to be wealthy. I want nice things. I want to travel. I like nice clothes. I like nice food. I dream of extensive self care routine with massage and facials and stuff. I want a car with self start so I can warm it up on cold days from inside the house. And I hate it. I absolutely despise that part of myself.
Read MoreFor a group of people who believed that because of Christ, we held authority over darkness and demonic forces, we sure were scared of accidentally catching a demon. For a group of people who were so enthusiastic about the POWER of GOD, we sure did operate out of IMMENSE fear.
Read MoreThere will be days you meditate for 20 minutes and go ahead and apply for your mountaintop shaman position. And there will be days when you can’t stop laughing.
Read MoreI’m not saying I have all the answers. What I’m saying is that none of us do. That maybe if we become less certain, maybe if we embrace the gray, there will be more love, more grace, and more hope in the here and now.
Read More“Is the goal to live in prosperity and get to go to church whenever you want and get to hear public acknowledgment of your holiday, or is the goal to follow Jesus?”
Read MoreThe value of the vessel is determined by what it holds.
Read MoreMy purpose is not on a timer.
Read MoreJust maybe, if we loved like Jesus, instead of being “good Christians”, we could actually reach the heart of those who don’t know how loved they are.
Read MoreMy dreams will have to die so that the end result can live.
And what I sow will look nothing like what comes to be.
Read MoreThe power of life and death is in the tongue and you sir, are inflicting death.
Read MoreWe learned more about the end times and abstinence than we ever did about financial responsibility, taking care of our bodies, or loving our neighbor.
Read MoreCourage doesn’t always mean running leaping from the plane with a flaming sword screaming “I GOT THIS!” Sometimes courage means sitting still and learning while whispering “God, you got this.”
Read MoreEveryone keeps telling me that we are enough. So here’s the thing I ask, “what are we enough FOR?”
Read MoreI just have to pause and ask again…do we REALLY think Jesus would care to align himself with a political party?
Read MoreThe world is gray. Bad things happen to good people. Good things happen to bad people. Certainly there are consequences for our actions, but sometimes, things just suck.
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