— 1 — Happy Friday! How was your week? Mine was – well… deep. I’ve had a number of very intense conversations this week about everything from re-defining forgiveness to the abuse of power in the church, and I also had the privilege of participating in a synchroblog about anger. One of the things I…
In that early morning haze between sleeping and waking, I could almost hear the sound of their boots as they marched along the road. They were guarding something, keeping it safe… And then I was awake, with one word floating into focus against the backdrop of that imagery: perimeter. A perimeter is simply the outer…
— 1 — The year-long birthday celebration is still going on, and the present I got this week is hilarious (tho I’m not quite sure if it’s meant to be a coffee cup or a wine glass): — 2 — Every now and again, I find a movie so sweet and endearing that I know…
I remember coming home from a conference on cross-gender friendship a couple years ago, and calling one of my best friends from college. “How’d it go?” she asked. “It was awesome. I learned a lot… oh, and I think I’m an egalitarian feminist.” She started laughing. “No, really. I think I’ve been one for awhile, actually….
Mentoring has always been a weighty concept to me; it seems and sounds so important, the practice of guiding and molding a person to help them reach their full potential. Leadership in general carries a lot of the same connotations in my mind. So what do you do when you don’t feel/think/act or believe you…
