“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” —Mary Oliver
The golden thread running through my life’s journey is a persistent calling to find, as Frederick Buechner describes, the place where my deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger. Soulful shenanigans and holy hijinks are my love languages.
Wonder-full Wednesday Walks in September
Kimberly
September 4, 2019
Give yourself a long, sauntering walk today through your neighborhood and while you go, consider all the different shapes of...
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Wonder-full Wednesday Walks
Kimberly
August 25, 2019
Weekly prompts to encourage you to notice your noticing as you wander and wonder. When you take your daily walk,...
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An unremarkable life of love
seekingsophia
June 12, 2019
So I’ve been mulling over something about this here queer life for quite some time, as I’m wont to do,...
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Nashville Comes to The Netherlands
My mama, who could fry some of the best damn chicken you ever put in your mouth, never taught me...
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All Our Hungers
seekingsophia
December 12, 2018
We are in the thick of holiday preparations and parties, many overflowing with savory and sweet meals to fill our...
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Hospitality for the Least of These: Worship Outline
seekingsophia
July 1, 2018
Progressive Christian Community of Leiden Outline of Worship for July 1, 2018 Empathy has no script. There is no...
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Love is Greater than Fear
seekingsophia
May 2, 2018
All the energy and time spent by some "conservative Christians" focusing on "homosexual practice" is antithetical to the life, death and...
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13 Ideas For Practicing the Presence of God
seekingsophia
April 11, 2018
All year round, many of us Jesusy types look for ways to be intentional about practicing the presence of God. There...
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Privilege and purpose in pursuit of a more perfect world
So, rumor has it that Matt Damon is moving to Australia to escape the dangerous insanity that is the United...
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18 Hours of Worship with 8 Million People
seekingsophia
February 14, 2018
About five years ago, in the final moments of Ash Wednesday, I found myself propped up against a dingy Greenwich...
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A day in the life of a broad abroad: to Paris and back
At 5 a.m. the alarm interrupted my midwinter dreams and awaken me to the practically perfect day ahead. After tiptoeing...
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My 10-Point Homosexual Agenda
seekingsophia
December 18, 2017
1. To put nothing before The One who is Love. 2. To not worship Mammon, The Constitution, The Bible, culture...
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Thanksgiving in Ireland
seekingsophia
December 2, 2017
When thinking about what to do for Thanksgiving as a couple of broads living abroad, of course the first thing...
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Grilled cheese-off: ooey, gooey, deuxey
In the second week of the grilled cheese competition between Betsy and Kim, we'll see cheers, we'll see tears and...
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The grilled cheese off – part one: Cheese glorious cheese
seekingsophia
November 12, 2017
Every Saturday morning, after our first cup of coffee, we weave our way over and along the canals of Leiden...
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