community

Here’s to Community

May 1, 2018 No Comments

“Thanks to my daughter’s godmothers I remembered the power of others being community for my children.”

“I see community as a group of people who are interested in being connected to neighbors, coworkers, fellow church members, people in the neighborhood, and even people we encounter in the neighborhood like shopkeepers, barbers, and service workers.”

Advent : : Together

December 5, 2017 No Comments

In this time that seems so dark and hopeless, when the news cycle bombards us, and when personal trials seem overwhelming, I’m cherishing this Advent reading, praying, and waiting. Together.

Speaking to the Soul: We are not alone

May 9, 2017 3 Comments

We are not alone. We are bound together through the Water and Word, through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Speaking to the Soul: To Be Known

May 1, 2017 4 Comments

The desire of each of us to be truly known to someone is not something I would previously have included on a list of basic human needs. But, getting to know individuals who are experiencing homelessness has seriously impacted my perspective.

Speaking to the Soul: #blessed

February 20, 2017 3 Comments

I don’t find the connection between suffering and blessing that Jesus makes in the Beatitudes very comforting. However, he seems to be getting at something deeper that the beatitudes regularly posted to social media are missing.

Speaking to the Soul: Abide in Me

January 5, 2017 4 Comments

a loving community in which we can be ourselves fully helps us to live into wholeness and freedom, into who we most deeply are.

Safe Space: white fantasy?

December 20, 2014 2 Comments

PJH: On twitter, you (depressingly, brilliantly) wrote, “I’ve never glimpsed safe teaching (and learning) space. It is a white fantasy that harms.” I’m wondering if

A love so generous

May 12, 2013 No Comments

God’s love for us is not tied to fees or dues or down payments, or installment payments, nor does it come with threat of abandonment or repossession. But here’s the twist–it’s not even as much as our individual selves, as it is ourselves in community. We are alive in Christ together, which means we need each other.

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