Posts Tagged ‘Church’

When The Church Became a Building

When the church became a building She forgot her founder’s call She chose instead brick and mortar to build herself a wall The doors she built Locked some out, others in Proclaimed who was holy And who was still in sin She lit the candles Said it was time to pray Blew out the lights Now time to go...

May 25th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

Church

some say the body is a church some say the bed some say the last word spoken is a church some say the child some say the turkey roasted on ivory platter some say the head some say the woman walking on the stars is church, some say fingers, steeples some say suffering is church penitence for greed some...

May 4th, 2013 | Poetry | Read More

Being a “Mental Mainliner” in a Baptist Church

“I’m a liberal, aren’t I?” I asked my wife after letting loose a series of angry comments leveled at political conservatives. I can’t remember what it was about, but it probably had something to do with gender, because that’s an easy trigger. It shattered my self- perception, however,...

April 15th, 2013 | Essays, Featured | Read More

A Theological Minute: Gender Issues in Church Communities

This March marks another Women’s History Month, which prompts our contributors to explore women in church leadership. Assigning roles to women or men is debated from the start. Our contributors explore what these roles imply and whether they are appropriate for 21st-century Christian communities. Jo...

March 21st, 2013 | A Theological Minute | Read More

AGITATE with Pam Hogeweide

CREATIVE. Typically used as a descriptive word, such as, “She is such a creative person,” or “He is a creative thinker.” I’ve noticed though, that creative is now also being used as a label to identify a tribe of people. They are referred to as Creatives. I’ve even heard of “the...

February 7th, 2013 | Agitate | Read More

AGITATE with Pam Hogeweide

“Want to come to Sunday dinner?” I asked the young woman who lamented to me how her Sundays have become lonely since she exited her faith community. “We have a few people over a couple Sundays a month for food and friendship. It’s not churchy, but sometimes spiritual conversations happen. You’re...

January 3rd, 2013 | Agitate | Read More

Just Love ‘Em.

Your much-loved, much-lauded, beautiful son finally marries the love of his life, but despite your pride and delight, you can’t brag on him or his new partner to any of your friends at church. Because the love of his life is actually a man. What do you do? You hide. Your daughter moves out into her...

December 27th, 2012 | Social Justice | Read More

Belong

We’re a family. Many branches, many leaves, one tree. It’s shady underneath this tree. But I’m too far away. The shadows aren’t stretching. Strange. The tree is shrinking, shrivelling. How do I grow close? I’m detached, dying. On my own. But we’re a family aren’t...

December 16th, 2012 | Poetry | Read More

The Commission of the New Generation

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit a church on the north side of town. I was there because the campus ministry I’m a part of receives funding from this particular body of believers. We were there to give an update on how their support has been helping our ministry over the past year. It’s...

September 17th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Dance

My husband and I are in the process of looking for a new church, and frankly, it’s a peculiar experience. Perhaps out of pride, I must clarify that we aren’t looking for a different body of believers simply due to dissatisfaction nor for the sake of “church shopping.” Rather, I would say we’ve...

August 5th, 2012 | Meditations | Read More