Last fall, Dan and I went to a Lady Gaga concert, just to see what all the hype was about. It was an eye-opener, let me tell you, but in the most positive way. She calls her fans (and she has a massive, loyal following, let me tell you) Little Monsters. She recently tweeted a […]
It’s Really All About God
“I signed up for a movement that was standing still, with explorers who had already arrived, and for a revolution that had given up.” So says Samir Selmanovic in his book It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian. The worst part: he’s talking about Christianity. Here’s a book after my […]
How Does a Building Spread Jesus’s Message of Love?
This past weekend was life-changing for me. I attended an Artist Development Project workshop, underwritten by the Minnesota State Arts Board, in partnership with Springboard for the Arts and Creative Capital (a NY-based foundation that supports artists). Since I’m still compiling the information I learned, I’m saving it all as a post for tomorrow. You’d […]
Choosing. Really? Seriously?
This story just made me sad. Christian musician Jennifer Knapp took a seven-year hiatus from work because she was exhausted and felt like she needed to figure things out. She felt like she couldn’t be gay and be a Christian. To me, this would be equivalent of all of us saying we can’t be obese […]