When I was a little girl I daydreamed about being a missionary. I imagined myself surrounded by dirty-faced, bright-eyed children whom I’d saved from some evil-doers, performing emergency surgery on an injured farm worker (highly unlikely since I can’t handle any bodily fluids), and getting all “Dead Poets’ Society” on a group of bright, impressionable, [...]
Archive for the ‘justice’ Category
Sketchy motives in a hurting world
Posted in Adoption, Practical Christianity, justice, tagged Adoption, Haiti, help, motives, racism on February 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Will the real sodomite please stand up?
Posted in justice on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ezek. 16:49ff. ”Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.”
What’s Wrong With Women?
Posted in Living, Practical Christianity, justice on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is a question that has been coming up around me a lot lately, and always by women (men might wonder it too, but they know better than to say it!). In some ways it has been cool since my youth for a girl to say she just “gets” guys better, that she’s a tomboy, [...]
The Forgotten Culture: Generational Poverty in America
Posted in Practical Christianity, justice, tagged education, justice, poverty, Practical Christianity on March 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is really more of an announcement than a proper blog post. One of my heros, Dr. Donna Beegle, is speaking at the First Presbyterian Church next Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm. Dr. Beegle is a respected expert on generational poverty, not only because she has studied it, but because she has lived it. Dr. [...]
My Sin is Better Than Your Sin
Posted in Religion, justice, tagged justice, pain on March 1, 2009 | 44 Comments »
So this weekend I had the privilege to view the documentary “Ordinary Radicals” thanks to Nate Bettger and his Bridgeworks ministry. The film follows the remarkable progressive Christian activist,writer, and speaker Shane Claiborne and his homies as they tour the nation talking about neglected Christian issues like loving your neighbor, advocating for the oppressed, living [...]
