Why We Should Travel Less. I love traveling, all of it from the dreaming to the scheming to the part where I pack my life in a 22-inch protective, polycarbonate shell. Like many of my hyper-mobile peers, I have gotten into a rhythm of leaving home one or two weekends a month and, usually, with good reason.

Theologically and politically progressive, grounded in Christian faith. Monday, November 14, 2016. Preached November 13, 2016, at Lakewood UMC, Lakewood, Colorado. What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! 8221; And they took offense at him.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014. People tell me how they like me to wear my hair. I feel apprehension every time I change my hair. I always feel apprehension and anxiety. I enjoy compliments, yes, but not when they, explicitly or implicitly, put down something else about me.

The Mythical World of Social Media. What Makes Our Marriage Happy. The Sacredness Lost in the Post. Why Grad School Makes you Feel Dumber, not Smarter. 5 Common Misconceptions About Seminary. See it as a li.

Irreverent preacher living in the real world. My Work around the web. Calling women hoes makes church a dangerous place for women. Thin line between visibility and invisibility.

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. Some of you, back when I first started writing as Chryssie, mentioned wanting to know where my other blog was. Well, this is the post where I reveal who I really am. Where am I at now? I now write over at.

I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. That I have watched and learned from some of the saddest reality shows. Well, I came upon another lesson recently. I thought about myself and some other people close to me.