Category Church Rebel

Scars and war stories bring people together.  Kids on a playground, adults fighting the same demons, war vets…  there’s something about comparing bruises and identifying with someone else’s pain which forges friendships that even many years cannot boast.   This blog series and,…

Today David is here with our last Trait post on the Church Rebel  (don’t worry– we’ll have a wrap up for next week… one written with me in his homeland, probably over beers, coffee and war stories).   I squirmed…

When David asked me what I was thinking for our series this week, I told him  casually, “Oh… I’m cataloging my most frustrating personal faults and seeing which of them stem from/relate to this rebel thing.”  And then I found…

We don’t all fit neatly into the “church people” box.  Some of us are quite prone to question and push and pull a bit to see exactly what this box is…   David’s post today continues our exploration into what we’ve deemed…

Sometimes I sit in my sweet, sweet ambiguity.  For a long time.  A.Really.Long.Time.  Maybe I should practice getting out of it… in baby steps?  Over at David’s place today, sharing my thoughts on my answer-avoidance issue and what can be…

I’m sitting in Chicago, in a park a few hundred yards from when I first met David, updating with his post this morning– part four in our Rebel series.    Happy Tuesday, kids.  Enjoy. ****************************** The Trait: Curiosity for the forbidden…

Cambodia is beautiful and I’m sad to say goodbye to it tomorrow.   One of the wonderful things about this country is the plethora of coffee shops…  it was one such coffee shop (The Coffee Shop) which allowed for me…

Mmmm… Welcome back; today we have David sharing his thoughts on being a rebel.   It may seem like we disagree, but in my life there is space for both.  Cambodia, for example… I’m without words to describe it right…

There are reasons why my friends kick me when they’re having conversations with me… and it’s not because I kick them first.   I’m over on David’s blog today, with Trait#1 in our O Rebel, Where Art Thou series, exploring the frustration…

 For the next few weeks, David and I will be sharing weekly posts in a series on rebellion– to quote him, “this is about those of us who perpetually find ourselves questioning leadership and established norms. We’ve come to accept…