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I am hearing more and more about “Bible Self Defense” and reading the scriptures with a distant and pessimistic eye from progressive Christians. Why are we afraid of the Bible? The Bible has been used as a weapon for so long that we seem to forget that it is a message of hope and peaceContinue reading “Bible as friend not foe.”

Yesterday, I was trying to explain to my toddler that our family is made up of her and me. We make up something bigger than the sum of our parts. Obviously, I do not think she will understand that concept because of our conversation while making diner in the kitchen, but I do want toContinue reading “Sum of our parts.”

Recently, I have been reading and rereading a passage found in Proverbs 17 that says, “A joyful spirit is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (verse 22) I am not sure if my bones are all dried, but I do know that I am struggling to have a joyful spirit. ItContinue reading “Dry Bones.”

A piece of my mind was recently featured in a series on Hope over at Five Simple Stones. I am posting it here as well for those of you that follow here. Recently, I watched Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In that movie, I watched a girl lose her family and her life to theContinue reading “Hope”

You ever have one of those moments where you ask yourself, what am I doing? How did I get here? And then you look back at your life and wonder what in the world is going on. As if you were asleep and woke up days, weeks, months or even years later unsure of exactlyContinue reading “Reclaiming.”

Want to read more? Check out what I believe (in extreme abbreviation) the church is personally, biblically, and historically as I continue to write this series for a class I am in at Earlham School of Religion. Clark Pinnock notes in his text, Most Moved Mover, that God is indeed highly interactive with the worldContinue reading “Theologically, What is the Church?”

Check out the what the church is for me personally and biblically in the first two installments of this series I am writing for class. Diana Butler Bass writes in her book, A People’s History of Christianity, “The early Christian text (from second or third century) known as the Epistle to Diognetus explains that ChristianityContinue reading “Historically, What is the Church?”

Part two of the essay series I am writing for class. Join me on the journey of thinking about what is the church, and what is its mission in the world? Read part one here. I believe we, the Church, are called to be something vital to the world. I believe this because we areContinue reading “Biblically, What is the Church?”

For class I am writing a series of essays. Go with me on the journey this semester. I welcome any and all feedback. Do you agree with what I think of the Church? “What is the church, and what is its mission in our time?” The church, for me, is a collective body of believersContinue reading “Personally, What is the church?”

Have you ever felt like you were a foreigner in the land of God? Sometimes I step into church and I feel so distant and lost in the conversation about potlucks and board meetings. I forget how to speak the language of Christianese. I don’t remember that I am supposed to be a meek andContinue reading “Foreigner in the Land of God.”