Growing Into Kinship
Liz Cooledge Jenkins, Elizabeth Berget, Shelly Shepherd, Halley KimRelearning how to think & feel & pray & live post-evangelicalism
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Book #2 is through proofreading!
Friends,
A former colleague, Brad, once told me he’s literally never read a book without finding a typo in it.
Not one single book.
To be honest, I’m not totally sure I believe it. Surely someone somewhere has written a book where the e...
Have you met bell hooks?
Friends,
This week marked the release of JD Vance’s new memoir Communion, which, I am pleased to report, at the moment I’m writing this, has only two reviews on Amazon; it also has a rating of 1.3 stars on Goodreads. (I am displeased to re...
God is not like the social media algorithms
Friends,
A couple months ago I had a great conversation with my brilliant friend . The topic: What do we make of prayer after rethinking how God’s power works?
This week I wanted to share with y’all something that came out of my mouth dur...
What actually first drew us to evangelicalism?
“A friend invited me to a prayer meeting. Everyone shared prayer requests and then prayed for one another. I was surprised by how moved I felt when someone I didn’t know very well prayed for me. That they would care enough to bring me befor...
What makes a church feel safe?
Friends,
Several years ago I attended a church whose tagline literally included the words “a safe place.”
This church turned out not to be a safe place. At least not by the time I stopped attending there. At least not for me.
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Writer, former college minister, PNW-er, casual vegetable gardener, avid tea drinker. Author of Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women's Humanity from Evangelicalism. Book #2 (on prayer from a post-evangelical perspective) coming your way in 2027.
Christian writer exploring maternal imagery for God in the Bible - and how God loves us like a mother. My book Love like a Mother: How the Sacred Work of Motherhood Reveals the Maternal Heart of God comes out May 2026 with Brazos Press.
Expanding a longer and wider Table… one that Mary Magdalene offered to Jesus and he said yes…
Writer. Exvangelical heretic. Former pastorʼs wife. At times a preacher, nurse, doula, lactation consultant, midwifeʼs assistant, activist. Always a troublemaker.
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