Because Emma rides farther and farther each day and Sara, like other mothers of tweenagers, watches her go with love and a desire for protection surging in her heart. Because Richie and Brandon and others ride their bike to work most days, turning the daily commute into a courageous act when one lives in a city without many bike lanes. …
Being Church for Iris
I am not normally one to receive Divine messages at night—as if spoken to me, audibly, in my mother tongue. But one night early last spring God talked to me. And this is what She said: “Be Chloe’s Church.” I had been sitting with my desires for a youth group. Remembering the life changing experiences I had as a …
Ancestral Brew
We carry the body wisdom of seven generations in our feet. Katy, a new friend and yoga teacher, taught me this in a class this week. I’m not sure I totally understood it, but it strikes me as true. Our feet are the parts of our bodies that connect us to the earth and to our ancestors. On Saturday our …
Urban Farm Picnic this Wednesday, May 11
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Rescheduled for May 25 Wednesday Night Community Gathering 6-8pm picnic and weed pick at Paul Quinn College’s Food for Good Farm (join us for a tour of this Football Field turned Urban Farm!) 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd Dallas, TX 75241
Not your mother’s “Mother’s Day”
Most reflections on motherhood strike me as sacchariny, inconsequential, and over boiled. There is a long history of talking about women in the role of mother in an oversimplified way—so as to suggest that all women should seek fulfillment in their God-given role as the Goddess of the Hearth. What it boils down to is a kind of sexist trope— …