I’m becoming a little tired of the responses to that RHE article that just dismiss her points as being caused by being a spoiled, entitled millennial. Because you know what? We aren’t. Leaving, partially leaving, or considering leaving this culture that we grew up in is painful. It feels like a slow amputation, and…
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True Womanhood – Affirming Female Ordination?
One of the things I dislike most about fundamentalism is that it automatically pits people against each other. I hate that the premise of this study is, if you don’t agree, you don’t have the truth, and your faith in Jesus is questioned. “…knowing those truths, and they are truths, about biblical womanhood, how…
Paralyzed by the Slash
I’m feeling paralyzed. There was an article the other day by Rachel Pieh Jones, asking ‘where are they? A significant challenge for nonprofits and ministries remains recruiting people who will commit to serve long-term outside the United States.” I know where they are. They’re listening to everyone else who is telling them not to have…
Looking For Trampoline Faith
The first metaphor to challenge my theological views was one of brick walls and trampoline springs. I find myself, all these years later, still longing for springs on a Sunday morning. Churches usually don’t acknowledge different perspectives and interpretations (unless it’s to say how wrong they are), let alone teach them. When you discover…
I’m Coping, Not Healing. (and maybe that’s ok.)
My journey from fundamentalism to freedom has been one of community to isolation, no matter what the church signs say. I’ve gone from being the poster child to a minority. And it’s hard. It’s scary and lonely. Often painful. 6 years of wrestling have mostly been ones of isolation and frustration, because I’m thinking…
And I Thought I Knew the Bible
She sat on the very edge of the seat, making sure there was no air between her body and the chair. No hovering, no cheating. Two feet firmly planted on the faded linoleum in the church basement, ready to propel her up in a split second. The adult spoke. “For God hath-” Up she jumped….
Living In Transit (A Guest Post)
This is a guest post from Kelley Nikondeha, one of the most fascinating people I’ve met. The way she reads the Bible and talks about it widens my viewpoint every time, and her bicultural life is one I can’t even imagine. I’m so excited that she’s here sharing her thoughts on how she lives her…
Music Monday – Jesus Is Not A Bridge
What I Learned On Summer Vacation
Grace In the Darkness
Grace and justice feel like opposites. Justice punishes the evildoer, and grace lets them get away with it, under the guise of love. Or so it seems. So it’s understandable in a case like Jerry Sandusky’s (because he’s a case now, not a person), that people would all lean hard towards justice. It’s hard to…