A small piece of Kelly Rae Roberts art to the left of my desk, entitled, “Listening to Grace:” A butterfly is perched on her cheek, close to the ear. The girl’s head is cocked to the side, listening, watching, as if the flitting wings are whispering secrets. Her expression is calm, her...
Find Something Bette...
posted by Ed Cyzewski
When you’re sitting in a room surrounded by men who are struggling alcoholics, reforming sex offenders, and repenting thugs, you suddenly stop caring about the mechanics of salvation, the details of the end times, or the latest sexist comment from a pastor in Seattle. When a guy comes to you...
High Heels
posted by Kyndall Renfro
What kind of church do you pastor? Er, a Baptist one. Puzzled stare in response. Well, it’s not exactly your typical Baptist church. I would think not. Yeah . . . I mean, seeing as how you’re there. I have this conversation regularly with people I have just met. No, I do not have dreadlocks, tattoos, or excessive piercings. I do not even wear shorts and flip-flops to work. But I do wear high heels. Sometimes. For short spurts. At functions where I do not have to walk in a straight line. Less for fashion and more to make me taller. I do not have graying hair, a booming preacher-voice, or a powerful handshake, but the main reason I stand...
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