There seem to be moments where my reality is struck by sentimentality, and the world around me carries with it a deeper, emotional meaning. I
At the women’s conference in February, the importance of talking in person about complex and personal issues struck me in a new way. Close to 200 women gathered at the All You Need is Love: Honoring the Diversity of Women’s Voices in Theology conference in Leesburg, Va., Feb. 20-22. Several powerful themes emerged: women’s bodies, self-love, and racial and sexual identity …
On my first day at my new job, my husband and I were hustling to get out the door, since we were also going to do the dance of car sharing so that we could get our state inspections taken care of. Wrangling two small children, winter gear and the bags of stuff I was taking in to my office had pushed us about 10 minutes behind my schedule …
There is something to be said about leaders and how they deal with stressful situations. Anyone can lead during times of peace, but it is trial by fire that often shows us what type of people we are …
The internet was alive for weeks with discussion about Millennials leaving the church, Millennials’ desire to change the church and Millennials’ effect on the church. The conversation, begun by Rachel Held Evans at CNN’s Belief Blog, inspired hundreds of blog posts and untold hours of handwringing about culture, Christianity and our life together as people of faith …
