Last February, we spent an entire month talking about singleness and the church – discussing various perspectives, misunderstandings, and possible solutions to the loneliness and isolation that singles can sometimes feel within the church. That series saw more traffic than this blog has ever seen, and four of the posts from the series are still…
It happened twice today. Quiet, unassuming, and yet oh, so significant, the invitation came. The first was in conversation with a friend over coffee this morning. Open, compassionate, and genuinely curious, she asked me: “What’s been hard about all that you’ve been through recently?” And there it was – the invitation: You’re in a safe place….
I had a young friend, a long time ago, who would start her prayers at the end of the day in one of two ways: “Dear God, thank you for a good (great, awesome) day today.” or “God… This was not the best day in the world.” It still makes me laugh a little, the…
— 1 — Happy Friday! I am not generally a TGIF type – I like my jobs, and weekends tend to be busier than I’d like a lot of the time anyway – but for this season, Fridays are my Sabbath(ish) day, and it is so good to be sitting down with a strong cup…
In case you are just catching this series, I’d like to take a minute to backtrack a bit, because the past few posts I’ve written lay some important groundwork for this conversation. I started by talking about the distinctions between gossip, slander, and information, and how to discern into which of those categories an article or…
