Please note: It will be very helpful to read the two articles on Colors Of Faith for context before reading the articles written later.  Thank you. Enjoy!

Grace That Transforms

We are all wounded and broken by life at times, in one way or another. Instinctively we seek relief and freedom from our pain, fear, and sadness.  We don’t always know what we need, we just want to feel loved, to feel whole. The paths we choose may look very different...

Saved by Shame?

Traditional Christianity, at least since the 3rd century when the Roman empire took it over, has been a story of shame. The first emphasis is on our shame, including original sin and our ongoing failures.  The story continues with the need for Jesus to be...

Sexual Abuse and Religious Shame

A recent article in the Minnesota Star Tribune described unchecked sexual abuse that has happened within a particular protestant denomination, in different states across the country, that has spanned generations. Sexual abuse is always tragic, but the way it was...

In Search of Sunday

I recently finished a beautiful book by Rachel Held Evans called Searching for Sunday. She uses Sunday as a metaphor for Christianity, the Christian church, and the Kingdom of God that Jesus talked about. Rachel described her own experiences of inheriting an...

Growing in Relationship with the Divine

I have thought about and written about the awesome reality that the God of all creation has called us into relationship, which means God desires and chooses to be present with us, in all our joys, grief, victories and defeats. Our job is to awaken to this reality and...