My Kingdom for a Fig Leaf
As I reflect on the past few years, the topic of vulnerability comes up quite often. Many of us have experienced on some level, the freedom of transparency, but even as I have experienced it, I’m left...
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I’m Right (and so are you)
Everyone has this idea that their way of doing something is the right way of doing it. I get that mentality. If there’s a task at hand, I’d rather do it myself than ask for help because I know if I do...
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God + Grief
(Because talking about death isn’t uncomfortable enough) In February 2008 my life changed in the blink of an eye. I was busy living my version of the American dream when my daughter Peyton died...
View ArticleThe Sins of Others: Take it Personally
Right now, around the world, men are consuming sex. They might be viewing pornography, visiting a strip club, having the latest in a string of one night stands, spending time with a prostitute or one...
View ArticleFerguson Missouri, Jesus and the Political Machine
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. – Matthew 9:36 This week we have witnessed something that...
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Easy Like Sunday Morning
One Spring morning when the air was wet I woke up with a strange urge. I wanted to go to church. The urge started while I was staring up at the ceiling and sucking in a few breaths. I could smell...
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Confessions of a Burnt out Church Servant
I knew it was coming. “Holly is everything ok? You don’t seem to be yourself.” A few weeks prior to this phone call, I had let this person know I would no longer be serving in the ministry they...
View ArticleEnvy, jealousy or just plain nosiness?
I used to think I was envious and jealous of others. Which felt really out of character as I’m very supportive of others success and operate my business under the pretense that there’s enough for all...
View ArticleWhen Christians Criticize Hollywood
This year, Hollywood released two movies loosely based on the biblical stories of Noah and Moses (“Exodus”). If you’re on social media, and unless you’re my dad I’m sure you are, you’ll have noticed...
View ArticleNo Strings Attached
There’s a story in the Bible that I really love. It’s a story that takes place in the time that Jesus was walking the earth, and it was about a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. The...
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I Didn’t Read My Bible for a Year
Today we have a guest post from Faitth Brooks. Every time I read something from Faitth, I’m blown away by how transparent her heart is and how relatable her words are. I’m excited that she shared...
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Yesterday, could have been any day, but “yesterday” I walked into the Target. You know… “The” Target. The one that rejected your application for part time work, and the one that you go to every...
View ArticleBetrayal, Body, and Blood
He who dipped his hand in the bowl with me is the one who will betray me. Matthew 26:21b It couldn’t be that simple, could it? All these millennium, followers of Christ have attempted to define the...
View ArticleMy deepest wound
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me. -St. Augustine I used to hate my body. Somedays I still do. I was never one of the pretty girls, to this day I struggle to fit into that crowd....
View ArticleDaredevil
I love to binge watch TV shows. Go ahead. Judge me as a pop-culture TV addict if you want. I am ok with who I am; and who I am is a hobbit who loves to snuggle on the couch with my husband and 178...
View ArticleWe Are All Legalists
We are all legalists. The whole lot of us. I don’t care what your background and denomination might be. The chances are each one has dabbled with legalism. Take my first exposure to Christianity as an...
View ArticleNo Longer Time to be Silent
In December I wrote this –about how I don’t have time to engage with what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson and all that was happening. About how it seemed messed up, yet I needed to put food on...
View ArticleAgree to Disagree?
One of the reasons that I feel so strongly about Nearly Christian is that it’s a place for people that feel differently about faith and life to share and see different perspectives. It’s a place for...
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