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Inhabiting the Borderlands

By On January 11, 2013 · 3 Comments

Just about a week ago, I took a quick peek at my blog stats and thought, “How could that be possible?” I was reacting to the swift and widespread (for me) sharing of the post You Choose Your Child’s Religion, which brought many more new readers to this [...]

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You Choose Where We Go From Here

By On January 7, 2013 · 26 Comments

Last Thursday, this blog had four pageviews. Four. You could count them on one hand, and still have one finger left over.

Friday morning, I read KJ Dell’Antonia’s essay, Children, Choosing Their Religion. In response, I wrote You Choose Your Child’s Religion.

By the end of the day Friday, this blog [...]

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You Choose Your Child’s Religion

By On January 4, 2013 · 49 Comments

KJ Dell’Antonia of the New York Times Motherlode blog has a new post out: ”Children, Choosing Their Religion.” Here are a few salient quotes:

There’s nothing wrong with raising children outside of a religious tradition, and that upbringing doesn’t preclude them from being part of a community or later finding a community of their own… There’s [...]

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To Preach the Gospel, Words Are Necessary

By On July 18, 2012 · 6 Comments

It’s been an interesting few days since the end of The Episcopal Church’s General Convention. Media coverage of Convention has sparked almost as much online discussion as Convention itself. As I’ve watched the conversation, one thing has become clear to me: right now, words are necessary to preach the gospel.

For a long time, I [...]

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Teresa MacBain and Me: Been There, Didn’t Do That

By On May 8, 2012 · 19 Comments

I know a little about how Teresa MacBain feels.

Six years ago, I too was a clergywoman with integrity problems.  I had a full-time, well-compensated position as an associate minister at Fountain Street Church.  It was a large (600+ ASA), historic, independent downtown congregation.  When I began my ministry [...]

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7 reasons I don’t take much for granted

By On December 4, 2011 · 6 Comments

1.  I’m a Christian. I wasn’t raised to be a Christian.  In fact, my father explicitly told me that Christianity made no sense.  I love being a Christian.  More on that later.

2.  I’m married.  I’ve been married twelve years.  To the same husband: my only husband.  My parents got divorced.  My grandparents got divorced. [...]

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