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January 2017

January 11, 2017
In 2005, I attended a Sojourner's conference in D.C. The theme was ending poverty, and...
January 09, 2017
Her Highness Meryl Streep preached a sermon at the Golden Globes last night. As she accepted...
January 05, 2017
You just can't imagine what they must be going through. You don't know what you...

December 2016

December 21, 2016
Thanks to the magic of Facebook pop-up memories, I revisit the posts of Christmas Past...
December 19, 2016
 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother...
December 13, 2016
Guest post: by Rev. Allison Ruari When I was three, I learned the words to...
December 12, 2016
What were you expecting? If your childhood pre-dates the digital age and the magic of...
December 07, 2016
I guess it's time to start thinking about Christmas cards. (sigh) This means coming up with...

November 2016

November 30, 2016
One of the best parts of Christmas at my house is getting out the nativity...
November 29, 2016
Advent 1, Word #2 -- shift.  I'm trying this thing again, where I blog every (week)day...
November 28, 2016
I spend a lot of my time and energy anticipating future needs. Mine, and those...
November 23, 2016
One of the school districts in the Kansas City area has banned teachers from wearing...
November 16, 2016
Guest Post: by C. Shawn McGuffey Since the election I have been saddened. Luckily, I...
November 14, 2016
In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a high...
November 13, 2016
There's a reason they call it a "cold open." There is no intro. No setting...
November 09, 2016
"My head is pounding and I feel sick; but I can't go to bed because...
November 07, 2016
This morning my phone flashed a cute little notification that said "Tomorrow is election day!"...
November 01, 2016
Let me tell you this really sad thing I used to do when I lived...

October 2016

October 26, 2016
I want to write about election fatigue. But I'm too tired. I've been dragging, feeling...
October 19, 2016
My beloved America. This is an intervention. This is a hard thing to say, so...
October 12, 2016
Here are things that I hear faith-based voters talking about this election season: -Abortion -Marriage -Guns (because...
October 08, 2016
Last week, women's health experts and other commentators detailed the “abusive behaviors” exhibited in Trump’s debate performance....

September 2016

September 20, 2016
Again. AGAIN. Again this morning I am sitting in front of the screen with the...
September 14, 2016
Guest Post: by Sarah Stewart Holland Twice a week, I co-host a political podcast with...
September 09, 2016
I went to breakfast yesterday at a usual neighborhood place. There was a Muslim family there...
September 07, 2016
People. Get ahold of yourselves. I get it. She tried to single-handedly squelch the Equal Rights...
September 06, 2016
The summer after college, I was part of a traveling crew that set up, and led,...

August 2016

August 25, 2016
There are few things I love more than National Parks. So there are many places...
August 24, 2016
We've probably all read the beautiful, powerful, tear-jerking letter that Glennon Melton (of Momastery fame)...
August 22, 2016
Guest post, by Katherine Willis Pershey.   As a theologically progressive pastor serving in the...
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