No ‘Normal’ Way to Heal Christie Love April 9, 2021 Books, Church Life, General No one fully appreciates normal until it is taken away, and often normal slips away in the blink of an eye with little warning or preparation.
What Lament Has to Do with Justice Anna Howard June 4, 2020 General, Race, Theology Without lament we don’t have a vehicle for repentance and we can’t move into shalom.
The Best I Can Do: A Lament for Lost Control Sarah Styf April 15, 2020 Family and Parenting, General, Global The loss of control is wearing me down.
Why White Guys Think They’re Suffering Sam Altis April 5, 2019 LGBTQ+, Race, Theology, Women Cis-hetero white men need an intervention. For white guys who follow Jesus, the stories and symbols of Jesus can act as this intervention.
Where Have All the Sad Songs Gone? Marty Duren October 15, 2018 Church Life, Theology In the omission of lament, we miss an important truth in worship: Jesus comes near the brokenhearted.
3 Lessons From a Pastor Up Close to the Kentucky School Shooting Richie Clendenen January 27, 2018 Church Life, General, Theology 2 How can we work together as a faith community to help serve and minister to people in the grip of shock, pain, emotional trauma, grief and loss?
The Wrong Choice? An Advent Meditation Anton Flores December 23, 2017 Church Life, Family and Parenting, General, Theology Did Mary make a wrong choice? We know how the story ends, but viscerally I cannot fathom the toll her son’s suffering took upon her life.
Letters to My Unborn Children: the Silent Grief of Miscarriage Shawn Collins October 8, 2012 Family and Parenting, General 3 BY: SHAWN COLLINS -- Our first pregnancy in 2004 ended in a miscarriage right after Easter. Through my wife Kristine’s five....