Dr. Terry Jones and followers- You have heard that it was said, “Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:43-46 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the … Continue reading →

According the Wikipedia, throwing out the baby with the bath water is “an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad, or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.” As many of you might know, I climbed inside … Continue reading →

My little teeny tiny sister turned 20 years old yesterday. That’s right. I have the world’s coolest sister. She a taller, leggier, tanner, more athletic, less freckled version of me (ah, but I am still older!) and now she is not a teenager anymore. I thought I would celebrate her birthday by remembering a few … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago, I was suddenly approached by a woman on my way out of my local library. She asked me if I could give her a ride to the bus station.  True to my nature, I began my usual been-approached-by-a-stranger-and-don’t-know-what-to-do hemming and hawing. “Errr….well….umm….” In response to this, she said, “I’m not a serial … Continue reading →

I recently had an adorable 6 year old student whose family moved into our transitional housing program at Genesis. I was asking him about his new digs and he was telling me all about how many bedrooms and how many beds and their new couch and then he said, “And the bathroom…it is SO beautiful.” … Continue reading →

For about the past 4 years, I’ve been battling a pretty severe bout of cynicism about the church. I’ve had days where, were it possible, I would have punched the collective church in the face and not felt guilty about it. You’ve probably noticed, as a good number of my posts are about what the … Continue reading →

(I wrote about 12 different intros to this, trying to be witty so I could catch your attention. But the truth is, this isn’t a thought that calls for witticism or humor. Take it or leave it.) I have really enjoyed working at a women’s shelter. Domestic violence is a seedy section of society that … Continue reading →

Picking dishes for Alex and I was kind of fun. It was infinitely less complicated than picking, say, silverware (which Alex demanded be properly “balanced”. He tested forks by holding them between his thumb and his forefinger and bouncing it. I didn’t really understand the whole process, but it worked.) For our plates, we wanted dishes that … Continue reading →

The summers at Genesis are every kid’s dream. We usually end up getting a fair amount of funding for summer festivities and so we choc the schedule full of movies and restaurants and museums and zoos and bounce houses. The funny thing is that after a while, the kids get so used to all the … Continue reading →