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“As for Sarai, her name will now be Sarah, ‘Noblewoman.’  I will bless her, and I will give you a child by her.  I will bless her, and she will become nations; rulers of peoples will come from her.” Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Is a child to beContinue reading “Saying No to say Yes”

Rev. J. Wesley Shipp, Sr, turned 89 today, March 2.  He and my mother taught me and my brothers everything we know about braving holy discomfort. A farm boy, born and raised in Princess Anne County, VA, who played football for Kempsville High, he remembers that, at age 12 or so, he would stand inContinue reading “Braving Holy Discomfort: A Life”

What is holy discomfort? What are the situations that challenge our personal status quo, that move us to the edge of our understanding, and push us, sometimes kicking and screaming, into zones where we feel confused, angry, downright uncomfortable? As a white woman who grew up in the South, in the Southern Baptist church, IContinue reading “Holy Discomfort”