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Lisa-Jo Baker is our fearless leader at (in)courage. She is the author of a beautiful, new book, Surprised By Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected about Being a Mom. She is wife to Peter, and she's the mother of two amazing boys and one precious little girl. Do you participate in The Sunday …
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What I remember clearly is looking up from what I was reading and feeling as if someone had issued a challenge directly toward me. I was reading something—an article, a blog post, a page in a book; I can’t be sure—and it was one of those situations where I knew the words applied to …
"Rest and be thankful." ~William Wordsworth I think Laity Lodge and The High Calling might be two of the best kept secrets in the world of all things writerly, and scholarly, and sacred, and blog-worthy. I have a certain friend who — nearly every time she sees me — asks, "Now, tell me, again about …
Yesterday, at (in)courage, I talked about being the parent of adult children. Research tells us* 59% of 18-29 year-olds raised in church are leaving the church and not looking back. With that in mind, I reasoned there must be more than a few parents of those 18-29 years-olds (the generation dubbed …
Yesterday, Dan King, Marcus Goodyear, and I sat at a virtual table and talked about race, church, and the Body of Christ. We logged on a few minutes before the recorded conversation, and we had also talked by phone, FB messages, and email in the days leading up to the conversation. Somewhere along …
Usually, when I tell people the story of finding out my husband was considering becoming the pastor of a church in Nebraska, I tell whoever happens to be listening at the time that I asked H, "Nebraska? Are there any people in Nebraska?" That's almost the truth. But here's the real story: Nine …
