A couple weeks ago, a good friend and I set off on a day-trip to my favorite town in Michigan, in search of rest and just getting away and glad to be pursuing a day like that together. It was an absolutely lovely trip (I mean, there was that one part where we left our umbrellas…
— 1 — For the past two days, it has been dark, rainy, and cold here. It’s relatively depressing, and makes me want to wear bulky sweaters, watch movies, and make pot roast. I was thinking about how to describe this sudden shift in the weather and I realized that, living in Illinois, there’s just…
“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.” – Parker J. Palmer One…
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….
Jesus Feminist. It took me months to get through this book – not because it was a difficult read, but because it was a great one. I would read up to a point, and then I’d have to set it down and just think about it for awhile. And then life would happen. And then I’d pick…
