She Is To Keep Silent

I haven't had time to blog recently because I am taking college classes to possibly finish the degree I started to earn thirty years ago. Last semester I took a Women's Studies class and I had to put together a final project including a website discussing a relevant topic to what we had studied in …

Evangelicalism 101

Evangelicalism. It's so complex. So broken. So well intentioned but... It has taken me a while to figure out what bothered me about the evangelical church. I'm not an expert. I'm not a trained doctrinal or theological person. I just grew up in and then worked for evangelical churches. In fact, I worked with my …

I Wonder…

I spend a lot of time wondering. I wonder about everything. I think I have always been a wonderer. It was accepted if not encouraged when I was younger, and tolerated if not accepted as I grew into my teens. It was one of the main reasons that psychology intrigued me. When I was in …

WHY…Love?

When my Mark was a youth pastor, I wrote articles for the parents newsletter we put together quarterly. I came across this one the other day and even though so much has changed in how I view the church and Christianity and Christians, I have to say, I still believe all of this. Every word. …

Church PTSD – one year later

One year ago, professor and author, Scot McKnight was kind enough to post something I had written. I had written it out of great frustration over the many articles I was reading about the importance of attending church. It was posted without my name or particular details that could potentially identify me, which I appreciated …