{ Jerusalem, Jerusalem } 13 Jan, 2015 Each month SheLoves Magazine selects a theme for reflection. This month the word is GATHER. What stirred in my memory was Jesus saying he wanted to gather… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Exodus Strong 17 Dec, 2014 Exodus is my favorite story in the Hebrew Bible. It is a foundational narrative that never ceases to offer rich metaphors, deep challenges and new trajectories. There… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Story: of wisdom and women } 14 Nov, 2014 Reading through Proverbs lately I noticed, as if for the first time, the preponderance of women. They are everywhere among the words of wisdom. There is Lady… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ Deeper Church: On fighting, farming & feasting } 16 Oct, 2014 I’ve come to think that the implements for peace are in the granaries, not the armories. Maybe we need to look in garden sheds, not gun safes,… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ ShePonders: Hear, O Israel } 14 Oct, 2014 I open my eyes. The morning light snuffs out the last embers of sleep. Hear, O Israel. I close my eyes. Lashes and lids become a wet… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Rest, Resistance & Recovery 01 May, 2014 Seth Haines and I met through the Deeper Story family, where he is both contributor and Deeper Church editor. Seth’s hallmark is honesty and raw truth-telling. He is… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Sabbath as Remembering 30 Apr, 2014 Matt Orth is an encourager par excellence. We both write. We both know what it is to wrestle with a sentence, refusing to let go without the blessing… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
Give it a Rest 29 Apr, 2014 This is our Week with Walter in the Transit Lounge. From the various places in our lives we’ve been reading a book penned by Walter Brueggemann together.… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ A Life Overseas: A Land Flowing with Milk & Honey } 23 Apr, 2014 The dark-soiled land was rich with promise. As they stood on the property line looking across the verdant valley carpeted with cabbage and hills of slim trees… Share:FacebookTwitteremail
{ ShePonders: Her Way } 22 May, 2013 Train children in the right way, and when they are old, they will not stray. Proverbs 22:6 I grew up understanding that there’s a right way and… Share:FacebookTwitteremail