The Monday of all Mondays
Mondays after a holiday are straight up the worst – especially with little ones at home. Can I get an amen? This morning was exactly that – bleh. This past weekend was a wonderful time filled with...
View ArticleSalvation: Past, Present, or Future?
This post originally appeared on the Missio Alliance Blog on April 22, 2015 where I have been participating in a series called #TrulyHuman The most transformative and important moment of my life began...
View ArticleThe Church is in Decline, But I’m Still Hopeful: A Prayer
I was sad and fearful this morning when I read about the drastic decline in the American church. The people I love so much, my people, are dwindling. “At risk of extinction”, they say. “Not culturally...
View ArticleA Storm is Raging
This Post was originally published on the Missio Alliance Blog on May 27th, 2015 I, like many seminarians, had to go through a process of intense self-reflection by taking every personality test under...
View ArticleHusbands, Submit To Your Wives
This post was originally published on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 over at Missio Alliance where I am a regular member of the writing team. It’s Saturday morning and the sun is just barely on the...
View ArticleWomen, Keep on Preaching On
~This post first appeared on the Missio Alliance blog on Monday, July, 20, 2015~ With my elbows on my knees, my body hunched over, and my head down, I nervously clenched my leather preaching bible as I...
View ArticleHellfire in Heels or Daughters of the Resurrection?
Photo: Matt Hoffman, Creative Commons 4.0 via #InstaBLAM (This was first published on the Missio Alliance blog on July 29, 2015) Last week I shared a few stories of opposition that I have experienced...
View ArticleDear Pastor, Do you Remember When?
Do you remember when you first saw? For me, it happened on my knees as a teenager. I was alone in my bedroom and I had just finished reading the entire Gospel of Luke in one sitting. When I got to the...
View ArticleWe Are Feminine (But We Won’t Fit In Your Box)
(This post was originally posted over at Missio Alliance on 9.30.15) She is feminine. It’s only 5:30 a.m. and her 7-month-old baby is already giggling through the baby monitor. “It can’t be...
View Article#WhenShePreaches
This post was originally published over at Missio Alliance on 10.26.15 Growing up, I sat at the feet of countless remarkable male preachers. Besides Beth Moore, I don’t recall ever hearing a woman...
View ArticleParis, Suffering, and The Redemptive Community
This post is an adapted version of my sermon preached at Christ Church of Oak Brook on Sunday, November 15, 2015 – the Sunday following the Paris attacks. The sermon may also be viewed here. For many,...
View ArticleA Call For Joy (Even in the Dark Spaces of Our World)
This post was originally published over at Missio Alliance on Monday, November 30th. Somewhere, a family in Chicago gathered around a table for Thanksgiving, but this year a child is missing from...
View ArticleLet’s Begin A Parenting Revolution
Before we dig in, I’d first like to say that this blog post comes with a critical caveat: I am not one bit qualified to write a post on parenting. Really, I’m not. I’m not even a “mommy blogger”; I...
View ArticleWhen Abortion Suddenly Stopped Making Sense: The Church’s Response
This post was originally published over at Missio Alliance. Recently, Frederica Mathewes-Green wrote a compelling and viral post in the National Review on her conversion from being a Pro-Choicer to...
View ArticleIt’s Here!
Just about two years ago, I wrote to my mentor, Scot McKnight. I had been studying something called The New Perspective on Paul, and being a Wesleyan-Holiness girl, I began to ask, “How does this...
View ArticleMy Call to Senior Pastoral Ministry
Originally Posted at Missio Alliance in May 2016. Last November I received a phone call out of the blue that Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene (a.k.a. PazNaz) was interested in talking with me as...
View ArticleI Hunger and Thirst for Revival
Originally Posted at Missio Alliance in May 2017 When I read about the explosive narrative on Pentecost and the early church – the Holy Spirit coming to live within human beings in a very...
View ArticleSo I Wrote a Book, and It’s Personal
From the first day that I met Jeffrey Daniel Leach, I was smitten for him. It only took a matter of weeks before I knew that I was madly in love with him, though it took him months. I’ll never forget...
View ArticleDear PazNaz, It’s Been Two Years
“I have all the feels tonight.” This is a phrase I’ve heard now and then when someone is trying to describe the rainbow of emotions they are experiencing in the moment. Tonight, I have all the feels....
View ArticleDear Woman in Ministry, You are a Warrior and You are Also Clay
Dear Woman in Ministry, Teaching, Preaching, leading, evangelizing, and ministering is hard enough. It’s even harder if it is as vocation. The daily ups and downs can be breathtaking in one moment,...
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