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"You're gonna have authority problems in your marriage."
Rejecting unimaginative narratives and finding space to live our stories
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Spiral-bound Treasures
How journaling a long time ago reminded me of God's works, and how memory is crucial to following Jesus.
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“I didn’t see a woman do that until I was 23.”
A brief story that conveys why I'm grateful for women who teach (one woman in particular!) and why the world is already different for my kids
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An invitation to dialogue
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We need better questions for the church
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“I didn’t see a woman do that until I was 23.”
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Guys, we should listen to women.
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That time I was a stay-at-home dad
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Christ-centered Community Part 1: What is Christ-centered Community?
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That time I was a stay-at-home dad
A bit about parenting, partnering, and resting so I don't lose my freaking mind
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Christ-centered Community Part 6: Corporate maturity as a unified body
Wrapping up the Christ-centered community series by talking about Christlikeness as our goal
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Christ-centered Community Part 5: Engagement in Spiritual Gifting
What our calling as Spirit-gifted members of the body of Christ could look like and a time I saw this happen
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Christ-centered Community Part 4: Engaging the Scriptures in Community
Why competency in scriptural interpretation and application as a community is a better marker of success than how many people turn up on Sundays and how…
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Christ-centered Community Part 3: Empowerment in our Shared Priesthood
How being priests was always God's plan for each of us, why we should be really grumpy when that dignity is so widely denied, and a bit about how the…
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Christ-centered Community Part 2: Belonging in Family
Jesus offers us a surrogate family, an inclusive place to belong, where we are all equal siblings and have something critical to offer.
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Christ-centered Community Part 1: What is Christ-centered Community?
Considering where change needs to happen, where it can happen, and a way forward for the church
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Grumpy Ramblings
Finding my way in the family of God. Partnering with a theologian. Humbly challenged by inquisitive offspring. Casually agitating subconscious expectations. Attempting to normalize unseen narratives.
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