Let Me Introduce Myself
Let me introduce myself! Four things to know about me. I am: Mom to middle-aged children. Both spiritual and religious. A polite activist. Loving and hating the Whole 30. (Every…
AJB Recommends: One Book You Must Read, and Five More That I Recommend
If you’ve been tracking with me for a while in this space, you’ll want to go buy Dear White Peacemakers (or ask your library to buy it) by Osheta Moore.…
Justice Makes God’s Earth Rejoice
For many years, I learned more about how and why we should honor God's earth from people outside the church than those within it. I learned from glimpses at Ojibwe…
S4 E14 | Searching for Racial and Religious Identity as a Potawatomi Woman with Kaitlin Curtice
“What does it mean for me to actually be a Potawatomi woman? To be a Christian? To be human?” Kaitlin Curtice, the author of Native and a member of the…
Strength to Love: Words of Hope and Challenge
Sometimes I forget that Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and a pastor, concerned about the practical, real-life, soul-health, spiritual well-being of his congregation. But his message of nonviolent…
AJB Recommends: Watch, Read, Listen
Looking for something to watch, read, and listen to this weekend? Here’s one of each that I recommend: 1. We just started watching The Chosen, an imaginative rendering of Jesus’…
Science for the Church: Becoming Like Trees
BECOMING LIKE TREES-"Nine years ago, my family moved near a few thousand acres of protected forest. Hiking the nearby trails has become a weekly practice. Over the years, as I’ve…
Great or Grateful?
Penny expresses gratitude with abandon. Every Sunday morning throughout the pandemic, we have each written down our thanksgivings on an index card (see picture above). We do this, per our…
Prayer: Mad About, Sad About, Glad About
What are you mad about, sad about, glad about? My friend Sarah told me yesterday that she had started using a new method of prayer with her kids. They’ve been…
The False Self and the True Self
Talking about the “false self” and “true self” is relatively new to me. But I’m grateful for this language because it helps me make sense of myself and the work…
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