What does it mean to follow a different Savior and Lord than the one offered by the Western Church? This question captured my attention because it so aptly summarizes the journey that I have been on over the past few years. It has been an arduous journey despite my firm belief that a grounded faith… Continue reading Lament and Resist
What is my plan to gain a more robust analysis of how ARC has effected me? To continue to LEARN and to SEE and UNSEE. To learn more about what ARC is and how it has woven itself into the fabric of Christianity and America. By learning to see it more clearly I can notice… Continue reading Gushee, Schaeffer and Wiley helping me see and notice
“We’ll always leave the light on for you” my dad said to me before I pulled out of the driveway starting my journey back to college. His words stayed with me. These were some of the warmest words he had ever said to me. Like a vote of stabilizing confidence blessing me into the wider… Continue reading “We’ll Leave the Light On For You”
What have I found helpful to keep me centered? Staying centered for me is greatly helped by a trifecta of things that combat the anxiety of caring. The tension that can sometimes creep up on me when I want to see changes sooner than they want to come. When people or situations aren’t changing soon… Continue reading Physical:Social:Spiritual – Practices That Ease the Tension and Bring Me Peace
When I first started to think about engaging with the concept of Christian Nationalism, I didn’t think it would really apply to me. I had images in my mind of the KKK or, more recently, angry white young men in Charlottesville in 2017. The truth is, I didn’t think much about it, as it seemed… Continue reading Awakening to the Disorientation of ARC
“Who must I become as a leader in order to accompany my church in her pilgrimage from the comfort of power and control to the vulnerability of community?” The answer to this pressing question seems more distant to me right now. Rather than moving on this pilgrimage toward “the vulnerability of community,” it feels like… Continue reading On Slowing Down and Surprises
