Posts by writingjoy
Ever Just Need To Let Off Some Steam?
I love having friends to get silly with, especially after a day in which everyone got uber serious about whether faith and science leave room for multiple interpretations.
Read MoreThe Body Image Monster Is Here
We curled up together on my bed, book in hand, her hair still dripping from the night’s shower. She seemed down, but I have learned not to dig too vigorously. Make a space and show her I’m interested, and she will move into it and talk. The pages were about breast development, when girls might…
Read MoreDifferent Kind of Same
Suspicious skepticism: “Can you join them in good conscience?” Surprise: “We’d love to have you, but will you be happy here?” Confusion: “It’s so uncomfortable to hear so many much with which I disagree, but should I only go where I’m comfortable?” The odd ball. The ugly duckling. The round peg surrounded by square holes.…
Read MoreA Traditionally-Ordained Pastor Weighs In on Ordination
Yesterday, a friend and colleague of mine wrote a response to my post on A Deeper Story about being ordained in Sri Lanka. She, as a traditionally-ordained Baptist minister, is very interested in continuing the conversation about varying ways to view ordination and how the church can better reflect the kingdom of God. I appreciated…
Read MoreWe Are Not Here To Make a Minister
This post is a story. It is a special story that I’ve wanted to tell and tried to write so many times. It is a scary story to send out into the world. I am protective of it like a mother with her child. But this Christmas, it finally leaked through my fingers onto the…
Read MoreOn Grieving Five Years In
I think October 19 is the toughest day of the year for Scott and I, followed closely by February 26. I want to use the word bittersweet for those days, but the date Elli died is mostly bitter and painful. The only trace of sweet comes when I think about how old she would be…
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