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Patheos.com asked several theo-bloggers what sex has to do with it.  Here’s my response We are called to connect and to create from the deepest parts of who we are it’s our imago dei our missio dei of the many ways we connect and create sex is one. it matters how we love each other…

I didn’t plan to be a nomad. Yet in the last decade, a combination of school, work and family saw me in a new city—across the country from the previous city—every two years. While I had moving down to a science (checklists, procedures, the three day un-pack), I was not a very good nomad. Traditionally,…

Once a month, I gather with community — some are friends; some I barely know. We tell stories of how God brought us out of difficult times and into freedom. This is bread for our journey together. We sit at the table with people who have hurt us. We trust that God will give us…

How to Eat, Pray, Love “Here and Now.”  Patheos asked several bloggers: When you can’t drop everything for a year-long spiritual pilgrimage, how/where do you seek spiritual renewal in times of personal crisis?  Taking the pressure off means going to the restaurant that makes my favorite dish or getting to my Mama’s kitchen with childhood…

when we put the gospel to hip hop and host u2charists, when we share the church building with the Korean congregation, when we preach against homophobia when we break bread with jews and muslims, when the teenagers lead worship on a regular Sunday (not just youth day) when we invoke the ancestors and learn from…

“Why I Need The Resurrection … in 100 Words or Less” follow. As one who knows metaphorical and literal death, resurrection matters. To see value in the past after seasons of hopelessness, and to stay in community when reason says to walk away — is mercy. To break bread with people who have hurt you,…