(Inspired by the Mother of Alternative Blessings, Nadia Bolz-Weber, who was inspired by a Jesus who offered extravagant blessings to those who wouldn’t otherwise have received blessings.) We imagine Jesus, in our midst, offering beatitudes for this time: Blessed are you when you have been affected by COVID-19. Blessed are the people of Wuhan. Blessed […]
Women of the Renovation
by on September 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
Remember that day when you touched the edge of Jesus’ garment? Remember when you took that long journey, first within yourself—because you had to walk that long, lonely journey within first—and then all the way from the edges of the crowd right to the feet of Jesus? You believed if you could just get there, […]
Making Room for Glory
by on December 2, 2018 Leave a Comment
I keep thinking that the container matters when it comes to God’s glory. But it doesn’t. A poor, unwed Jewish girl was not a container that would have been chosen for glory. And yet she was. A place for animals would not have been a container chosen for the birth of the Glory One, and […]
The Couch that Launched a Movement
by on September 2, 2018 18 Comments
Not many couches can say they’ve launched a women’s movement. Or a Book Club. But the red couch in our living room did. Leigh Kramer visited one Thanksgiving and when I’d asked her to start a SheLoves bookclub, she thought about this iconic piece of furniture and emailed back: What if we called it the Red Couch […]
What is the State of Your Soul?
by on July 31, 2018 1 Comment
So much has burned down in our world, hasn’t it? The landscape has changed. Friendships have changed. Trust has been eroded. I no longer stand where I stood even two years ago. Some days I shake my head, many days I get angry and other days, I just want to cry. I feel like we […]
