Twenty years old. I'm curled up in a ball on the floor in the Intervarsity Student Office, a hole in the wall in the basement of my campus student union building. The carpet smells like spilled coffee … [Read more...] about I’ll Write My Way Out
Archives for March 2017
Lent Without Maps
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s … [Read more...] about Lent Without Maps
7 Gratitudes: In Cups of Coffee
I think I count time with people. Coffee date to coffee date, beer to beer, long walks through Piedmont to lazy evenings on the back porch watching the Atlanta Skyline wake up in time for … [Read more...] about 7 Gratitudes: In Cups of Coffee
Lent Without Hiding
Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the … [Read more...] about Lent Without Hiding
Beauty and the Gays
I didn't want to write about Beauty and the Beast and the gays. I've been trying to ignore all the back and forth, the angry evangelicals, the angry liberals, the snarky commentary, the Twitter … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Gays
Coming Back from Distraction
The practice of meditation is not the practice of not being distracted. It is the practice of bringing yourself back from distraction. * I remember learning how to meditate in college. I walked to … [Read more...] about Coming Back from Distraction
Lent Without “My” Jesus
This week's Matthew lectionary text is the Transfiguration *again,* (so much transfiguration!), and so this week for an early Monday Meditation, I'm publishing a sermon I preached two years ago on the … [Read more...] about Lent Without “My” Jesus
7 Gratitudes: All Good Gifts Around Us
Every Friday Leanna Coyle-Carter gathers up some bloggers and we count 7 Gratitudes from the week before! Join us and #LinkUp to her blog and the other writers! *** All good gifts around us Are sent … [Read more...] about 7 Gratitudes: All Good Gifts Around Us