Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
Here is a guest post by my favorite person in the world; Jan Huckins (my wife). I learn from and am challenged by her everyday, so I’m thrilled she put pen to paper to offer up this incredibly important piece to us all. She is often so busy living the life I talk about that …
Continue reading “Raising Girls in the Image of a Male God?”
Having taken paternity leave with the arrival of our twins, I haven’t “worked” in nearly two months. With that said, there has been no time for reading deep, reflective books on spiritually. No time to engage world issues. No time to be active and seek the healing of systemic injustices in our neighborhood. No, there has …
Continue reading “Embracing the Greatest Challenge of My Life as Opportunity”
After five days in the hospital filled with overwhelming joy, paralyzing fear and complete exhaustion in the wake of the birth of our twins, I finally found a moment to walk outside the florescent lights and sit under the bright moon. Sitting on a small patch of grass outside the hospital doors, the reality of …
Last night, friends from around our neighborhood gathered to hold a vigil of lament for the Charleston tragedy. We shared our confusion, our sadness, our anger and our pain. We read a liturgy of solidarity and empathy seeking to simply sit in the pain alongside our black sisters and brothers impacted not only by this tragedy, but by the …
Continue reading “Lament and the 4 Kids Who Will Never See Their Mother Again”
As I sat on my porch overlooking the streets of my urban neighborhood and the sparkling lights of downtown San Diego, I thought to myself, “There is no place I’d rather be. THIS is where life happens and where peace is made real.” Just 30 minutes before, I had gotten off a plane from a 24 …
Continue reading “Why Neighborhood Matters: Christian Conferences, Consumption & Everyday Life”