Tagged: spiritual journeys
Social Justice Work is Spiritual Work
In this Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, pandemic moment, I want to reflect on the ways in which social justice work is spiritual work. The Black Lives Matter to Christ Facebook page held a...
So you Want me Back at Church?
So you say want me to come back to church? Why? Do you really want ME? Do you really love me and want me to bring my whole self to church, just how I...
You Can Leave the Church, but They Won’t Leave You Alone
The church promised me that I would be happy if I was living according to the Gospel, but I wasn’t. It didn’t work for me the way it did for so many around me. There...
Christmas After Faith Transition
My earliest Christmas memories are of deep drifts of snow visiting my grandparents house in New England. They lived on top of a big hill, and sometimes when it was too icy, we had...
When God doesn’t intervene
I grew up hearing a message that Heavenly Father answers prayers and brings peace and assurance to us in our pain. This is a beautiful message, but I have often struggled to see it...
All’s Not Well in Zion
This week I had a chance to meet with my friend Melissa for lunch. Melissa stopped attending church 10 years ago. She thought her family was finally adapted to her different feelings about church,...
Milk Before Meat so Where’s the beef?
When my third child finally weaned at 15 months of age, he seemed to have the flu all-the-time. Diarrhea that would shoot out of the diaper and down his legs at times and smell...
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