Category Archives: Weekly Report

It’s been a while since I’ve added anything to the blog.  Typically I act as sounding-board, critic, and occasional muse, not writer.  Throughout the project though I continue to ask the question, “Why do we do church?”  What’s the point … Continue reading →

Church used to be that place where people could risk going and presenting their absolute worst self, once a week, and be heard by people who would accept you back, through communion, into the community. Once a week you would … Continue reading →

It will be a couple of decades yet before today’s 20-something-churches are 40-something-Deaf-congregations. The time to invest in ASL classes is now. Jacob’s Well, like many of the younger congregations we’ve attended, had loud music* [in a small space]. It … Continue reading →

There’s a delicious irony to a church-in-a-box* congregation like Latah Valley using ceramic mugs for their coffee hour, while most of the church-with-property buildings we’ve gone to use disposable (often styrofoam**). Latah Valley is a new congregation, Presbyterian, with serious … Continue reading →

After my friend IM’d the link to me on Tuesday, I knew I’d have to go check out the Deep Chat that Radical Grace Ministries has weekly at the Empyrean. We met, we drank tea, we talked. It was a … Continue reading →

I always feel bad for women with large feet–they have to fight transvestites for the few size 11 and 12 shoes that any given store carries, and they always have to pay full freight for their footwear–but neither transvestites or … Continue reading →

. . . cowboy church . . . at the fairgrounds, in the Rodeo building. My friend says now I need to find the Bikers for Jesus service. Yep, I wore my boots. Nope, I didn’t wear my hat. We … Continue reading →

One of the things that the initial emerging/emergent movement scrutinized was the impact of praxis on faith. That is, how what you do impacts what you believe. (Most people accept that what you believe impacts what you do . . … Continue reading →

You may recall, back at Week 33, we meant to go to Pancakes in the Park, and found out, last minute, that the date had passed. Anyway, my same friend Emalee, who let me know that I was a week … Continue reading →

Delighting Farmergirl’s heart is our occasional pastime, and a trip to ECOR does it for her everytime. As we’d gone to the Evening Prayer service Friday night, we headed out to ECOR’s Grandparents Sunday service and Bar-B-Q (which does not, … Continue reading →