I’ve been reading Sarah Bessey’s book Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, and something I appreciate about all of Sarah’s writing is you can see how much she loves Jesus. Not the idea of Jesus, but Jesus himself. There’s a difference. Jesus, the guy who lived 2000 years ago in Palestine, who wasContinue reading “Jesus, friend of sinners”
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The Underbelly of being Radical: Guest Posting over at A Life Overseas!
A Life Overseas is a fantastic blog if you’re interested in honest conversations about missions. They talk about everything from emotional health, to finances, to the pressures of ministry, to language learning, to parenting, to Third Culture kids, to figuring out how to cook. If I do say so myself, missionary kids have a pretty high BSContinue reading “The Underbelly of being Radical: Guest Posting over at A Life Overseas!”
What’s saving my life right now
So, if you know me in real life, and not just in blogging life, then you know that the past six months have been some time of super-crazy transition. We went from living in South Africa, to hiking a month in Spain, to traveling around the US and seeing every friend and family member, to…Continue reading “What’s saving my life right now”
Hospitality Series: Home
Most people who have lived on the streets are already highly aware of what is going wrong and have had multiple diagnoses assigned to them since childhood. These diagnoses, however helpful at times, can never serve as an inner home. The diagnosis isn’t always a safe place, and it certainly isn’t an identity.
An Open Door
I’m really thankful to have had the opportunity to talk with Paul Verryn, former Bishop in the central district of the Methodist Church of South Africa, who has been a front-runner in providing hospitality to literally thousands of immigrants and refugees in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hearing his stories is like listening to the stories of theContinue reading “An Open Door”
Hospitality series: On Welcoming Muslims
This is a new guest post in the Hospitality Series. This one is on welcoming our Muslim neighbors, and comes from my friend Rachel. I love how she reminds us of the importance of putting aside fear to welcome those who are different, and her honesty in sharing from her own experiences. Definitely worth a read-throughContinue reading “Hospitality series: On Welcoming Muslims”
On Suffering, sovereignty, AIDS orphans, anxiety, giving thanks and all that
I still remember reading Ann Voskamp’s book Ten Thousand Gifts for the first time in college. I fell into her poetic style and devoured it. Her practice of finding God and finding gratitude in every day as a way to battle back her anxiety came at a time when I was making war with myContinue reading “On Suffering, sovereignty, AIDS orphans, anxiety, giving thanks and all that”
The Weird and Wonderful of the Interwebs this week
I have a couple of guest posters coming up who are going to be sharing about hospitality. But in the mean time… there’s just too much stuff I’m reading these days to keep to myself. So welcome to the weird and wonderful of the interwebs: The American Race clicks: Race Bias in Photography: There wasContinue reading “The Weird and Wonderful of the Interwebs this week”
The Middlemarch Social Justice Advocate
She’s religious, but not fake– she genuinely believes in her high ideals. And she’s always on some social justice crusade. As her sister says about her, “Dodo’s only happy when she’s making plans.”
A second book to help you on your journey (and, so what can I DO??)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utmiJUmW8oI If you read Daniel Carroll’s book, you’re probably pretty convinced that as followers of Jesus we need to be showing hospitality and welcome to immigrants. Maybe even if they are here without paperwork. But then, there are probably one-thousand other questions you have: Does helping undocumented immigrants (‘illegal immigrants’) mean that I am breakingContinue reading “A second book to help you on your journey (and, so what can I DO??)”
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