Okay, so Dan’s reading The New Yorker last night, and suddenly he says, “You have to do this on your blog!” He hands the magazine to me and points in the upper right-hand corner. It’s an advertisement for The Soul Storage Company with the caption: “Is your soul weighing you down? Store it! In a […]
Derek Webb’s Controversial Music Video
I don’t listen to Christian music much. I don’t buy it, and I’m not familiar with many of the artists. I want truth, and I don’t find much of it in Christian pop or rock. Granted, there may be some artists out there who are stating it like it is, but I’m not aware of […]
Mother’s Autumn Plunge
Dear, sweet mother friends of mine (and men, too, who happen to be overworked and exhausted), guess what? Karen Maezen Miller of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood is coming here, to Rochester, MN, to give a one-day retreat in October. [You’ll know how much Karen’s words have meant to me in the […]
Questioning Religion
More thoughts on David Dark’s The Sacredness of Questioning Everything. Previous thoughts are here. Dark defines “religion” a little differently than I think most of us refer to it as, and that is as a “calling out.” Meaning, it’s how you live your life, day to day. So, religion can be anything, not just…well, the […]
Questioning God
So, I’ve begun the book I mentioned yesterday, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything by David Dark. Can I just say he starts off with a bang…and I was hooked after the first page? I hope Dark’s okay with me quoting long passages from the book. You need to read this book if you’re continually wondering […]