Monthly Archives September 2011

Art & Inspiration

Those who know me know that I am undoubtedly a book nerd. I love books, love working with books, love discussing books–I even went so far as to organize my bookshelves by color last winter. So it should be no surprise that I’ve recently started a book club among our friends in Charlottesville.

Witness Trees

While visiting Gettysburg on the last day of summer, Labor Day, a few weeks ago, I was struck by a couple of things.

First, Gettysburg has a remarkable cottage industry of ghost stories, ghost tours, and haunted houses. Bet you didn’t know that?

Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female & Evangelical

Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical is a colorful patchwork of “un-testimonies” sewn together by editor Hannah Faith Notess, but not for our comfort. These stories have been published to challenge the once-was-lost-but-now-am-found pattern within which so many evangelical Christians struggle to fit.

Storydwelling

Vibrant.  Deeply Rooted.  Profound. Bold.  Incredibly approachable. These are the descriptors that crossed my mind when I first encountered Heatherlyn in the midst of the spiritual community I know as home in Denver.  She joined us on the morning of Father’s Day to add her gifts and perspective to our liturgy.