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Friday Book Club: Dangerous Presence
I am so excited to be sharing this book with you today! Recently Jason Butler the lead pastor at Transformation City Church released his first book: Dangerous Presence: Following Jesus into the City....
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Synon(amiss) – Why our approach to justice and mercy is missing the mark
“Jesus and justice go together” he said. It’s no news to me at this point, in some ways it’s astonishing to me that this is still news to some of my brothers and sisters in the U.S. Church. I forget...
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Dangerous Presence – What About Bob?
This post is the second in a series discussing the book Dangerous Presence: Following Jesus Into the City by Jason Butler. You can read more about or purchase the book here. What About Bob? Butler...
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Weekend Reading
Slow “But perhaps, if I am patient – if I don’t lose hope, if I trust the soil and water it well – the tree will keep growing, and those birds I’ve been throwing seeds at will find a place to rest...
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Did You Forget?
He’s exactly what you would expect of a 6th grade boy. High energy, an alternately charming and maddening blend of extreme silliness and budding sarcasm, an affinity for jokes involving rude body...
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Dangerous Presence: Risk Management
This is the third post in a series discussing the book Dangerous Presence by Jason Butler. You can read more or purchase the book here. “Americans typically don’t like risk. We see risk as bad,...
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Deeper than Words
There are many things I bemoan in this life, in our U.S. culture. The divisiveness. The unrelenting messages we’re fed that we don’t have enough, don’t make enough, and just plain aren’t enough. The...
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I Heard the Bells (an introduction to why I want you to join me in...
One of my favorite Christmas carols of all time is “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” It’s beautiful, almost haunting at times as the song weaves the cosmic weight of the holiday with the...
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A Guide to Sustainable Christmas Celebration: Part 2 Experience not Excess
According to Business Insider, Christmas is the biggest commercial holiday celebrated in the U.S. In 2011, consumers spent just over $700 in gifts alone. $400 of that was spent on gifts for children....
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Thanksgiving Reading (for when you’ve had too much turkey and football for...
Best reminder: Kid President’s 20 Things We Should Say More Often “I disagree with you, but I still like you as a person who is a human being and I will treat you like that because if I didn’t I would...
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Looking back: 2013
2013 started off with a “blahhh” as I battled through 10 days of the worst case of flu I’ve ever had in my life and somehow, miraculously, Ben and Cadence did not catch it. I caused a bit of a stir by...
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An Intention for 2014: Joy
I explained last year why I’m a bit averse to making traditional resolutions. But at the same time, there’s so much value in pausing to look at life, to reflect, analyze, evaluate, plan and project....
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Weekend Reading
my “coffee” drinking buddy.really, i just put her milk in a mug. she can dig it. The Reads: Sexism is Daily Reality for Girls, says Girlguiding “Most of the 13-year-olds questioned said they had...
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Choosing
My word for 2014 is Joy. On December 31st though, as Ben and I were out and about eating poutine and visiting friends, a steady, silvery snow fell downy over the city. I hate snow. It freaks me out. I...
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Weekend Reading
The Reads: Humboldt Park Woman, sick of ‘dibs,’ Shovels Entire Block “‘Forget about dibs, and I’ll just do it for you. I just think it’s a better way for us to live as a community: as people who...
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Heartbroken, Yet Still in Pursuit of Justice
I am an eternal optimist. I look for the best in people. Always. My greatest bent in life is to look for the ways in which things and people, systems and structures may be restored. I just see hope and...
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Owned (A Lenten Meditation on Excess and Simplicity)
Photo: 28 Dreams via Flickr I’ve found myself altogether discontent lately. Maybe it’s just that I’m tired of wearing snow boots and my sub-zero parka every day. Maybe it’s just that the sunlight never...
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That Time I Gave Away Half of My Clothes (and other ideas on how to practice...
Photo: beccaberry via Flickr It was over a year ago now (but it seems like just last week) when I noticed it. Piles everywhere. Clean clothes, dirty clothes, outfits tried on and off and discarded for...
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#Justice: A Peek into Urban Violence w/ Megan Westra
“Do you feel safe?” Well, not always. I’m getting used to it now. The wide eyes and once-in-awhile gaping mouth. “Where do you live?” I live in the inner city. On purpose. And I have no plans of...
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Riding in on a donkey
“It just all seems so…divided.” The descant rolls on and on from so many of my friends and peers; believers from all walks of life. The words are paced with shocking consistency. They are set to a...
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