Category Archives: other words

God gets maternal anxiety

Posted on September 22, 2020 by

My friend and my mentor each touched upon that near-fatal intersection of parenting and perfectionism that will plague me with anxiety until the kingdom come. Does God, that perfect Parent, suffer anxiety? Continue reading →

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Naming the idols

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

Some are easy to spot, sporting colourful plumage;

they make fast promises they cannot keep. Continue reading →

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Words matter

Posted on February 16, 2020 by

Jesus does not want us less than whole. He does not want our bodies abused, nor for our relationships to become a prison or a torment. The instructions he gives us, time and again, are to love God and to love one another; anything more is hyperbole; anything less is parody. Continue reading →

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prayer incarnate

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

How did you pray, body and breath, those wilderness days beneath stars that made promises, sand through your hands counting moments since creation, each grain an erosion of the whole; how did you pray, body and spirit sticky with honey … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dessert First – Preparing for Death while Savoring Life, by J. Dana Trent

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

So why does a book about death and grieving have such an odd title? Death is coming for each of us, so we might as well embrace our mortal life and enjoy it, grief and all, with all of its sweetness, tartness, and saltiness. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Made to Move, by Wendy LeBolt

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

Have you ever heard of a Kinesthetic Christian? Neither had I, until Wendy LeBolt sent me a copy of her book to review. Made to Move: Knowing and Loving God Through Our Bodies is LeBolt’s guide to loving God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength – without making half of them metaphorical. Continue reading →

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Revealed, by Angela D. Schaffner

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Dr Schaffner’s psychological insights guide her readers through a journey into a Bible which does not lecture, chide, nor always even guide us so much as hold up a mirror to our own lives and relationships, inviting God into those reflections, and recognizing where God’s grace is already at work within us. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Outlandish, by Derek Penwell

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

I appreciated the extended argument for the use of sarcasm as a discipleship tool. Skewering broods of vipers, after all, is quite biblical. Continue reading →

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Unquiet centre

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

not the absence of sound but
footprints on the ceiling and
the waltz of a three-legged cat Continue reading →

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Be still and know: meditation on a breathing meditation

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

After each breath is complete, there is a pause, in which nothing at all happens. In that pause, there is stillness, silence, a full and sufficient absence. Continue reading →

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