January 2008
36 posts
couple new posts on christian feminism →
In case you haven’t put christianfeminism in your feedreader yet, I thought I’d let you know that I put up a couple new posts, the one I posted the other day has some great conversation going.
thoughts on missional communities →
For lack of anything better to say - I present to you these nuggets from Len (et al)
The evidence is in favor of leadership as an organic and communal enterprise. In a recent paper, Richard Ascough notes that Paul avoided hierarchical, externally imposed models of leadership in favor of promoting self-organizing, self-governing, adaptive groups. He comments that, “Paul’s leadership style could...
prophetic voices →
…hang with me y’all, it’s not gonna get kooky
My blog buddy hamo has a fantastic post that truly is inspired.
We really have to stop this nonsense talk about taking the world for Christ when most of us don’t even know our own next door neighbours. And we need to stop expecting God to do what we are too lazy or afraid to do ourselves.
I should say that I would love to be around if God ever...
we compliment one another →
My belief that men and women are equal AND different and that we compliment one another when we are given the freedom to be fully who God created us to be without caveat is what compels me to uphold an egalitarian view with regard to gender in both the family and the church. I maintain that egalitarianism is the TRUE Scriptural “complimentarian” point of view and that complimentarianism is merely...
“quickie” thoughts on sexuality →
*pun intended*
Sexuality in singleness and how this plays out in the premarriage relationship is a very interesting topic to me of late but I’m not going to attempt to discuss it here until I have a firmer grasp on my thoughts. But I did want to direct you to 2 posts that quickly touch on this issue.
One is my husband’s over at his blog, another is something I just wrote over at christian...
Christian feminism →
I can’t believe I forgot to mention this. There is a new blog out there that explores Christian Feminism from a Biblical and positive perspective.
Check it out
This is from the about page.
what is christian feminism? why don’t we start with what it is not.
christian feminism is not about hating men.
christian feminism is not derived from liberalism.
christian feminism is not secular...
rich inner life →
real womanhood →
I do layout and design for a woman’s literary magazine that seeks to provide a safe space for expression of honest womanhood in all it’s raw and varied forms. I’m proud to be part of this venture and am privledged to lend my skills. I am also honored to be friends with the inspiration and driving force behind it. Heather has helped me become a little less cynical about the possibility of...
What the heck are we doing and the Reverend is... →
know your neighbors →
The hubs just emailed this to me. What a FANTASTIC resource! ZipSkinny.com Type in your zip code and up pops information about your area. Not a bad way to start getting to know your neighbors I especially like the charts.
friendship: the other side →
Now that I’ve expressed my concern about friendship within church I want to add a thread of tension to the mix. I believe that we need to treat one another better in our churches, we need to show more grace, more forgiveness, more authenticity (i.e. stop pretending that you’re ALWAYS just oh so happy because God has blessed you with just oh so many wonderful blessings and God is oh so good and...
BFF? →
One of the things I’ve discovered in my time in the church world is that church friendships are almost exactly like work relationships, except people see each other even more infrequently. This applies perhaps even more so to leaders - even amongst each other. Which means you’re “friends” or at least “friendly” as long as you go to the church. Leave the church and you can pretty much bet that’s...
You think we’ve arrived? Seriously? →
A great man once travelled to a village. He spent some time there talking to the villagers about priorities and values, love and generosity, justice and mercy. Before he left, he gave them a beautiful gift. He gave them instructions to share the gift and told them what the gift was for. The villagers were grateful but they weren’t completely clear on the specifics of the gift. Where did it come...
God is weird →
I have a magazine deadline (I do layout and design for a lit mag.) this week so I’m a bit preoccupied. I thought I’d do another redux. This was one of my first blog posts ever - in June of 2003 when I had my very first blog over at blogger.
God is weird. That is my conclusion, after knowing him for 20+ years, the most profound thing I’ve discovered is that God is weird. “Sacrilege!”you say? Nah,...
Books →
Tia tagged me for a book meme awhile back. I actually have not read a lot of books that are incredibly memorable but I’ll give it a go. Let’s just say off the bat that the Bible and/or books within the Bible apply to most of these so I’m not including the Bible as an answer for anything. If you’re interested in viewing my library, I have a shelfari account here. It’s not complete but I’m adding to...
An imperfect faith →
When I was in leadership in various positions in “traditional church”, I was told of the importance of projecting confidence and not being too “open” about one’s life. I am convinced, as I mentioned in my leadership redux, that this is bad advice. It might make the congregation feel good about the leader but it lacks authenticity and puts the leader in danger. When we create a system in which the...
Contrary to popular opinion, I am not perfect →
Taking a cue from a woman (mom, wife, copastor, and beautifully flawed human) I deeply admire and hope to become better friends with in the months and years to come, I would like to share my top 12 (I’m gonna top Kathy hehe) utterly humiliating beautifully HUMAN things about me. Let this be a lesson to you if you aren’t yet a mom that you cannot be a perfect mom nor should you try. Let it be a...
Aliyah on death →
Am I a lap cat? →
We have this cat named Vixen who we adopted 3 (maybe 4?) years ago. She’s called Vixen because the Humane Society thought it would be clever to name animals that came in over the Christmas holiday after Santa’s reindeer, but it suits her when seen for the other definition so we kept it. She’s a beautiful tortie (tortoise shell pattern to her black, brown and red fur), very friendly and is becoming...
the complete Jane Austen →
In honor of a relaxing “light and easy” weekend and with nothing really profound or interesting to say, I just want to let you al know that I’m very excited about this.
pithy me 2 years ago →
“If people are equipped in the “BEing”, they won’t have to be coerced in the “DOing”.
Makeesha
January 2006
My radical views on leadership →
In honor of blogging about churchy stuff for 2 years, I will post a few of my more “troublesome” views. Let these be a lesson to any of you in “traditional” churches - don’t be radical if you want to keep your job. (my use of the words *troublesome and radical* is tongue in cheek in case you didn’t catch it)
My radical views on leadership from Dec. 2006
In light of yet another Colorado pastor...
2 years of stirring things up →
this is my profile pic from my xanga blog taken in 05 I think
I have been blogging in this capacity now for 2 years. Actually, I have been blogging since June of 2004 but back then it was a family, parenting, mom blog with a few spiritual thoughts tossed in. In fact, I think I dabbled a bit at blogger in 03 for a few posts because I remember writing about Shayel as an 18 month old… but I really...
STUFF →
Alan Hirsch directed his readers to the Story of Stuff. David and I watched it last night. It’s very well done. It’s about 20 minutes long and it’s better if you download it from the download section instead of watching it online cuz you’ll likely get buffered.
Shayelism - sickness →
Lest we forget the mystical →
(Thoughts inspired in part by: Barna - Is American Christianity Turning Charismatic HT: Brother Maynard) This post won’t be terribly cohesive, just a hodge podge of thoughts..so don’t say I didn’t warn you
For those who don’t know, I grew up Assemblies of God and then Non Denominational Word of Faith Charismatic. I have also served in Charismatic Messianic (figure that one out hehe) and...
sharing the chuckles →
Every once in a while I like to look on my analytics page at the words people type into a google search to land them here. Primarily because I find it so amusing.
So take a walk with me through “a day in the life of my blog”. On any given day, here are the sorts of searches that guide people to this blog.
“victory churches international” “emerging church Victory Churches International is the...
THAT’s in the BIBLE?! →
Recently, 2 questions about kids and the Bible came up on a parenting message board I’m a part of - 1. how much to censor and 2. how to use the Bible to teach issues of godly character and behavior. Here is my take on those issues that also touches on some good conversation we had at a recent dinner party.
Censoring
I have 2 beliefs about this.
1. in Christianity we often injure our children...
Jesus lives here →
“Where is Jesus in this thing we call Christianity? Where could you take Jesus to church and not feel like you had to explain it to him?”
Jim Henderson
I speak of our faith community with deep affection. Sincere, unashamed, passionate love. And this is precisely why - In our church, there is nothing that goes on that I would fee the need to hide from Jesus. We have seemingly by accident (of...
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flashback - 2005 →
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first time sledding →
overheard: sweetheart →