Fifty Shades of Stupid
Have you ever felt anxious when asked a question? You know, the kind of anxious that puts a knot in your stomach and a lump in your...
From Piss-pots to Praise
When I was a child, I dreamed of living in a mansion with marble pillars, large terraces, and spiral staircases, but I would have settled...
I Hate You!
This is my eighth-grade year book picture…after I scribbled me out. There was a time when I hated everything about myself. In 1987, “I...
Faith Like Oreos
“Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp” – Frederick Buechner. When I was...
Go Into The Light
What if God isn’t impressed with Honk if You Love Jesus bumper stickers, or Christian T-Shirts, or necklaces with big shiny crosses, or...
SEX: 8 Lessons to Make a Marriage Work
There’s a guy across the way. I sip my coffee with quiet poise, and watch him. He has his phone in his hand, his heads down, and his...
Fear, Fear, Go Away: living with torment, pain, and dread
Fear incarcerates, restrains, overpowers, and paralyzes the mind. It works its way into the human spirit and replaces freedom, joy, and...
Crazy, Stupid, Shame: 3 Things I've Learned to Reverse the Effects
Last week, after posting the blog God’s Not Mad at Me, I received an email from a Conqueror. The email was deeply moving and courageously...
God's Not Mad at Me
God's Not Mad at Me: things I've learned about sex, God, shame, and church. In the book Grace Eventually, Anne Lamott writes, “Grace...
The World's Worst Mother
Drum roll please…and "The World's Worst Mother award goes to Francine Westgate!" Let me first begin by rewinding a tad. Last night,...
