Camera On or Off? How to Bear Witness
No Video Please I snuggle into the recliner in my living room on this Sunday afternoon. I open my laptop. The Zoom event will begin in 5 minutes. I click…
Read moreAre We Failing at Our One Job?
Please Don’t Mention This “No. Please don’t say it, please don’t say it.” I am begging this gentleman in my head. We’re both sitting in the half-full waiting room at…
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Can Women Pray with Men?
+ Book Review, "The Making of Biblical Womanhood"
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The countdown has begun. In twenty minutes my doorbell will ring. Then it will be too late. I grab my husband and ask…
">Read moreHow Does It Feel to Be Alone?
It’s So Empty Where are the people? The waiting room is totally empty and it’s already 8:30 a.m. It’s only me and signs that say, “PLEASE DO NOT SIT HERE”…
Read moreCan We Hug Again? How Do You Hug God?
For the Huggers Are you a hugger? Back before COVID-19, we hugged around here. We hugged hello. We hugged good-bye. We knew to start leaving five minutes early to allow…
Read moreHow Can We Stay Close If We Don’t Communicate?
Should We Always Avoid Confrontation? Are we retreating deeper into our separate corners instead of staying in common, open spaces? (But I’m not talking about social-distancing! Please social distance. I’m…
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