Sum and I went to the park the other day. I felt I hadn't been a fun mom for awhile so I wanted to do something for him that he'd appreciate. He was ecstatic to run around in the shaded play area, nonplussed at the slides and freaking out over the swings. His favorite. When he tired of them, we walked a little on the trail, to the creek. I pulled his sweaty feet out of his shoes, took off his … [Read more...]
God’s Church
June 7, 2009 by · 4 Comments
I've gone through the I-hate-the-church-today phase. I've read the relevant articles, listened to angry Christian musicians and preachers and talked with fellow radicals over drinks about how far the church has strayed. I can talk the talk. I can judge very intelligently and be cruel. I can say how I love the pot-smoking-hippie-crowd who doesn't judge me and loves me with open arms and … [Read more...]
Shine
March 26, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Someone said something to me that made total sense today. Not that that doesn't happen frequently, I'm blown away by the depth of my friends and people that I meet, but today someone said something that kind of rocked my world. She said, "God has called you to suffer right now," and I was wasn't impressed with that. Yeah. Just look at my life! then she continued, "but you are fighting it, which is … [Read more...]
The lost art of listening (part 1)
March 6, 2009 by · 2 Comments
Part One of a Two Part Series on listeningGrowing up my dad would literally quiz us at random times on a variety of subjects. We would panic because we loved praise too much and always wanted a chance to show up our siblings. We would then stutter out the answers, screaming at the other one when they would jump in with the correct answer. Let me clarify by saying this is when we were younger...not … [Read more...]