a franciscan prayer my friend hugh sent me
A Franciscan Blessing May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, So that we may live deep in the heart of God May God bless us with anger at injustice,...
View Articlejudah made a trading card of lolly's bad mood
It might be the first in a series: The Many Moods Of Rilian™
View Articlethe most beautiful letter
If we could all have and be friends like this... [see the letter here]
View Articleplease consider signing my moveon.org petition about mark driscoll
So yesterday I helped create a moveon.org petition to request Mark Driscoll be uninvited from speaking at Liberty University on April 20. The petition is sponsored by Sophia's Voice, which is a group...
View Articleletter from a concerned follower
Letter #1John Carpenter, M.Div., Th.M, Ph.D. sent you a message about your petition, Hey Liberty University, Drop Driscoll:"Leave Mark Driscoll alone. We're talking a group to see him and we don't...
View Articleatheist
I have an atheist friend who is antagonistic towards me sometimes. It makes me feel disconnected from him and small. I don't know how to handle it. I wish he was softer. I completely understand that my...
View Articlenew dongtini! episode 41
On this episode: I'm creeped out by CuddleParty.com, Best Western is bravely admitting their customers cover remote controls with DNA, Christians criticizing other Christians for living in the gray,...
View Articledongtini: transcontinental australian edition
On this episode: Transcontinental fortitude! Simone calls in from her snack nest in Australia and talks about the Aussie version of white trash (bogans). I am busted for humblebragging and then get sad...
View Articlethree things real quick
Oh hi! I have exactly three things I've been meaning to post about all week! Put your helmets on boys and girls (no, don't): 1. Simone's and my podcast Dongtini just got picked up by a podcast...
View Articlechurch violence and healing and stuff
Ahhhhh tomorrow I'm going to share some of my story at church. Our pastor (I don't really like that word, negative connotations I guess, but I really like this guy) asked some of us to share part of...
View Articlefr. richard rohr
I've been preoccupied with St. Francis of Assisi lately and am reading Richard Rohr's stuff about him. Read this this morning on the way to work and it quite cheesily took my breath away. Dying is not...
View Articlethe stuff christian culture likes plugged in movie review of the week™
Focus on the Family reviews movies for any and all offensive content and it’s the most hilarious thing ever. Here’s my favorite this week. The Stuff Christian Culture Likes Plugged In Movie Review of...
View Articlecrashing noises in the night
Last night while David was gone and Lolly was sleeping Judah and I were reading in bed when we heard stuff being thrown around in the kitchen really loudly. Instead of calling the police I called David...
View Articletwo things
This by Joan Didion is so beautiful, her quote about why she writes: “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear....
View Articleuncle richard
David's uncle Richard is so quotable that I write down his stuff and post it on Facebook - here is the link: "I don't understand why Obama calls himself black.""I don't play fantasy baseball. That...
View Articlei stole a rosary
I talked about it on this podcast episode, and also about spending with with evangelical people and how that is for me these days. (Ugh. But...yeah.) And on the subject of my illegitmate rosary, I...
View Articlemy 7 yr old's complaints about her cereal this morning
I hate that kind. I didn’t hate it when I picked it out in the store but I hate it now. I can’t pour it myself. I can’t pour the milk myself either. Daddy always pours it right. Daddy pours gooder...
View Articlepeter rollins & jay bakker
Here is a talk that Peter Rollins had with Jay Bakker a few weeks ago and I just loved it so much. The audio is here but I wrote out my favorite parts for posterity and also interested parties....
View Articlethings uncle richard said during thanksgiving 2012
“It would be freeing for you girls to walk around in a burqua so you’d get to be appreciated for your minds. Maybe.” “I have no idea what my wifi password is. Don’t ask me. Why do I even need to have a...
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