My Blog Goes Cacooning

Blogging, both past sites and current, has been a medium of pure joy for me.  That’s not to say it hasn’t been a catalyst for growth either, but if I were to use one word to describe writing blog posts, it would be joy. 

Joy that there are people in the world who find the same things interesting as [...]

The 30 Days Project

We’re gearing up to start 30 days and are excited that some of you will be joining us.  Since I might not be able to post much in the next little while, I wanted to make sure that the 30 Days links are front and center.
“He that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto the Lord; [...]

When God Says to Rebel

This is in response to a long conversation in the comments box of this thread, with thanks to Jesus Creed for the conversation. 

I once wholly believed a patriarchal view. Not only believed it, but acted upon it. I didn’t care if it didn’t *feel* good, I cared about obeying God.
So I took my leader-self and [...]

30 Days of Nothing—-The Practical Basics

Many are wanting specifics for how to get involved in 30 Days of Nothing. 

These are some of the things that my friend and I have decided on for ourselves.  Remembering that you can change, add, or delete as necessary for your family and/or particular situation, consider the following basic plan:

1. No Extra Purchases
Do buy toilet paper.  Do not [...]

When the Ugly Truth Gets Naked

I’m (depressingly) finding 30 Days demanding my attention, even though we’re not starting until next week.  
I went shopping without children yesterday, a fun little spree in which I picked up seven great books at a used bookstore, a few “like-new” items for birthday presents at a thrift store, and enjoyed a lunch date at a deli with my husband. 
 
Previously, I would have [...]

A Lenten 30 Days of Nothing

Edit to Add:   We are changing the start date (to allow more of you to join us ) to Monday, February 26th.  This gives us all more time to plan and prepare, as well as talk with our families.      

How the other half lives…and dies.   

I have four children. When they woke up this morning I kissed [...]

Anti-Green

Due to the latest conversation, I’ve decided I’m anti-environmentalist and therefore changed my header to reflect my new views. 
Okay, actually, I just needed a new blog look (in particular, one that allows commenters to leave full spaces between their paragraphs).  I  like this one, other than it doesn’t allow for any template tweaking, and I think [...]

Big Round Living

God is always comforting but never comfortable.                        — C.S. Lewis
How is it that with God, I always feel like He is enough, but that where I’m at on the trail is not? 
Is this partly a product of a modern mind—thinking in terms of starting and stopping points, of linear projects with linear completions—setting itself up for failure?  I [...]

The Church as Mother

 What is the Church supposed to look/be like?  It’s a careful question to ask, especially because (as a member of a consumer-driven society), I am more apt to think in terms of, “What am I gonna get out of it,” versus, “What do I want to help birth and grow?”
The second comment hits me hard, because [...]

Loving God’s Earth (Is God Green?)

I was recently informed that Global Warming is a made-up hoax.  The person based his argument on the verse,
“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” 
He preached that because the earth belongs to God, only prideful fallen man would think he was powerful enough to mess it up.  The earth is God’s property—dare we [...]