Category Archives: Social justice

Privilege and Relationship

There has been much written about privilege on the internet this week if you read Christian blogs. As I understand it the triggering event was an emergent leader, Phyllis Tickle, making statements as a part of a closing remarks at a conference … Continue reading

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One week ago

One week ago a horrible, unimaginable thing happened. Twenty children and six adults were murdered during their school day. I don’t need to remind you of this, I know it is on people’s hearts and minds. I couldn’t find words. … Continue reading

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It is Thursday morning and I am still thinking about affluence being everywhere

It is Thursday morning and I am still thinking about affluence being everywhere. I’m drowning in it actually, I still can’t get it off my mind at all, and I’m having thoughts that are breaking me over and over again. … Continue reading

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Affluence is everywhere today

Affluence is everywhere today and I can’t be at home or on the internet or in my own head without feeling it expanding in every one of my cells and it is boiling through my body, overflowing here in this writing. … Continue reading

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I arrived home from vacation

I arrived home from vacation to this: Somewhere under that pile of weeds (chickweed and stinging nettle mostly) is my veggie garden. There are so many things I love about gardening. Looking through seed catalogues with my kiddos in the depths of … Continue reading

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